?EXPOSITION Verse 148. -- Mine eyes prevent the night watches. Or rather, the watches. Before the watchman cried the hour, he was crying to God. He di...
Deuteronomy 13:4 Ye shall walk after the Lord your God As he has directed, according to the laws and rules which he has given, both with respect to th...
Luke 9:18 And it came to pass, as he was alone praying To his God and Father, for himself as man, and mediator; for the success of his Gospel, and the...
Hosea 5:2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter The revolters are the king, priests, and people, who had revolted from the true worship and...
?EXPOSITION Verse 5. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth. Let thy praise be according to the greatness of thy...
Chapter?8 Solomon's buildings and trade. - It sometimes requires more wisdom and resolution to govern a family in the fear of God, than to govern a ...
False confidence In self Deuteronomy 29:19 ; 1?Kings 20:11 ; Proverbs 3:5 ; 23:4 ; 26:12 ; 28:26 ; Isaiah 5:21 ; Romans 12:16 ; 2?Corinthian...
GOOD, CHIEF What this consisted in was greatly discussed in ancient philosophy. Varro enumerated 288 answers to the question. By Plato the good was id...
?EXPOSITION Verse 2. Every day will I bless thee. Whatever the character of the day, or of my circumstances and conditions during that day, I will con...
Proverbs 21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination That is, to the Lord, as in ( Proverbs 15:8 ) ; and as it is here added in the Septuagint ...
CEASE ses: A remarkable array of 20 Hebrew and 6 Greek words is so translated. In the King James Version 15 of the former and 3 of the latter are use...
Daniel 10:3 I ate no pleasant bread Or, bread of desires F4; such as was made of the finest of the wheat, and was eaten in the courts of princes where...
Luke 1:75 In holiness and righteousness, Not in mere outward rites and legal ceremonies but as the saints serve, from principles of righteousness and ...
Garden [N]Gardens in the East, as the Hebrew word indicates, are enclosures on the outskirts of towns, planted with various trees and shrubs. From th...
Psalms 86:4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant With the discoveries of love, of pardoning grace, and mercy, before made sad with sin or sufferings; and w...
1 Chronicles 4:9 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren The Targum adds, ``and wiser in the law than his brethren;'' or he might be a man ...
Daniel 5:12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit A superior spirit to all the wise men in Babylon for natural knowledge and political wisdom; and he had y...
JEALOUSY jel'-us-i (qin'ah; zelos): Doubtless, the root idea of both the Greek and the Hob translated jealousy is warmth, heat. Both are used in a go...
Deuteronomy 6:9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thine house, and on thy gates.] To put them in mind of them when they went out and came in...
Chapter?35 The passover kept by Josiah. (1-19) Josiah slain in battle. (20-27) Verses 1-19 The destruction Josiah made of idola...