Proverbs 5 Warning Against Adultery 1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen well to my words of insight, 2 that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge. 3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her speech is smoo
Read more…Psalm 5 For the director of music. For flutes. A psalm of David. 1 Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my sighing. 2 Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray. 3 In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I l
Read more…Proverbs 4
Wisdom Is Supreme
1 Listen, my sons, to a father's instruction;
pay attention and gain understanding.
2 I give you sound learning,
so do not forsake my teaching.
3 When I was a boy in my father's house,
still tender, and an only child of m
Ecclesiastes 4
Oppression, Toil, Friendlessness
1 Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun:
I saw the tears of the oppressed—
and they have no comforter;
power was on the side of their oppressors—
and they have no
Ecclesiastes 4
Oppression, Toil, Friendlessness
1 Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun:
I saw the tears of the oppressed—
and they have no comforter;
power was on the side of their oppressors—
and they have no
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Read more…Psalm 4 (New International Version) Psalm 4 For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of David. 1 Answer me when I call to you, O my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; be merciful to me and hear my prayer. 2 How long
Read more…Romans 2 The scope of the first two chapters of this epistle may be gathered from ch. 3:9, “We have before proved both Jews and Gentiles that they are all under sin.” This we have proved upon the Gentiles (ch. 1), now in this chapter, he proves it up
Read more…parents, v. 17. Three wonderful things, vv. 18-20. Three things that disquiet the land, vv. 21-23. Four little but very intelligent animals, vv. 24-28. Four things that go well, vv. 29-31. A man should cease from doing foolishly, and from strife, vv.
Read more…The psalmist returns thanks to God for deliverance from great danger, vv. 1-3. He calls upon the saints to give thanks to God at the remembrance of his holiness, because of his readiness to save, vv. 4, 5. He relates how his mind stood affected befor
Read more…Proverbs 29 We must not despise correction. The prudent king. The flatterer. The just judge. Contend not with a fool. The prince who opens his ears to reports. The poor and the deceitful. The pious king. The insolent servant. The humiliation of the p
Read more…The psalmist calls upon the great and mighty to give thanks unto God, and to worship him in the beauty of holiness, on account of a tempest that had taken place, vv. 1, 2. He shouts the wonders produced by a thunderstorm, which he calls the voice of
Read more…Isaiah 61 The subject of the preceding chapter is continued in this; and to give it the greater solemnity, the Messiah is introduced describing his character and office, and confirming the large promises made before, vv. 1-9. In consequence of this t
Read more…To-morrow is uncertain. Self-praise forbidden. Anger and envy. Reproof from a friend. Want makes us feel the value of a supply. A good neighbor. Beware of suretyship. Suspicious praise. The quarrelsome woman. One friend helps another. Man insatiable.
Read more…expects to enjoy there, vv. 4-6; his prayer to God for continual light and salvation, vv. 7-9; has confidence that, though even has ohm parents might forsake him, yet God would not, v. 10. Therefore he begs to be taught the right way to be delivered
Read more…accumulated miseries, and wretched end, vv. 8-23. Notes on Chapter 27 Job 27:1 Continued his parable—After having delivered the preceding discourse, Job appears to have paused to see if any of his friends chose to make any reply; but finding them all
Read more…We have here notice given us of all that it was fit we should know concerning the incarnation and conception of our blessed Saviour, six months after the conception of John. The same angel, Gabriel, that was employed in making known to Zacharias God’
Read more…Proverbs 26 Honor is not seemly in a fool. The correction and treatment suitable to such. Of the slothful man. Of him who interferes with matters which do not concern him. Contentions to be avoided. Of the dissembler and the lying tongue. Notes on Ch
Read more…Job, perceiving that his friends could no longer support their arguments on the ground they had assumed, sharply reproves them for their want both of wisdom and feeling, vv. 1-4; shows that the power and wisdom of God are manifest in the works of cre
Read more…Psalm 24 The Lord is Sovereign Ruler of the universe, vv. 1, 2. The great question, Who is fit to minister to the Lord in his own temple? vv. 3-6. The glory of God in his entrance into his temple, vv. 7-10. Notes on Psalm 24 It is probable that this
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