TEMPT; TEMPTATION temt, tem-ta'-shun (nacah, to prove try, tempt maccah, a trial, temptation; peirazo, to try prove peirasmos a trial, proof): The wo...
Chapter 31This chapter is added to Solomon?s proverbs, some think because it is of the same author, supposing king Lemuel to be king Solomon; others o...
John 8:39 They answered and said unto him On account of his making mention of a father, whose works they did, and whom they imitated: Abraham is our ...
CHAPTER 17 Proverbs 17:1-28 . 1. sacrifices--or, feasts made with part of them (compare Proverbs 7:14 , Leviticus 2:3 , 7:31 ). with--lite...
Chapter?3 The directions given to Ruth by Naomi. (1-5) Boaz acknowledges the duty of a kinsman. (6-13) Ruth's return to her mother-in-law. (14-18) ...
Chapter?2 Satan obtains leave to try Job. (1-6) Job's sufferings. (7-10) His friends come to comfort him. (11-13) 1-6. How well is it for us, that n...
Revelation 12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth So Solinus F5 speaks of dragons that have powe...
The Book of EcclesiastesChapter 4Chapter Overview: The misery of the oppressed and the oppressor, ver. 1 - 3. Of being envied, which occasions sloth...
Chapter 1818:1 Through desire a man, having a separated himself, seeketh [and] intermeddleth with all wisdom. (a) He who loves wisdom will separate hi...
ARETAS ar'-e-tas (Aretas): The name is a common one among Arabian princes and signifies virtuous or pleasing. 1. 2 Macc 5:8: It is mentioned severa...
Homily XII.Homily XII. Philippians iii. 13, 14.-Brethren, I count not myself yet to have apprehended:but one thing I do, forgetting the things which a...
Homily IV.Homily IV. Titus ii. 2-5.-That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. The aged women likewise, th...
Chapter?14 Samson desires a wife of the Philistines. (1-4) Samson kills a lion. (5-9) Samson's riddle. (10-20) Verses 1-4 As far as Samson's m...
1. THE next day, as Raguel saw Moses in the of a crowd of business for he determined the differences of those that referred them to him, every one ...
Proverbs, Book of. [E]The title of this book in Hebrew is taken from its first word, mashal , which originally meant a comparison. It is sometimes tr...
Homilies on the Epistle of St. Paul to PhilemonHomilies on the Epistle of St. Paul to PhilemonThe Oxford Translation Edited, with Additional Notes, By...
Chapter 6 6:1 Then a said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. (a) After he had seen the glory of the Lord in the cl...
CHAPTER 12 Proverbs 12:1-28 . 1. loveth knowledge--as the fruit of instruction or training ( Proverbs 1:2 ). hateth reproof--( Proverbs 10:17...
CHAPTER 14 Proverbs 14:1-35 . 1. Every wise, &c.--literally, The wisdoms (compare Proverbs 9:1 ) of women, plural, a distributive form of sp...
?EXPOSITION Verse 9. To execute upon them the judgment written. Israel as a nation had this to do, and did it, and then they rejoiced in the God who g...