Psalms 12:3 The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips This is either a prophecy or a prayer, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi observe; that God either would o...
Psalms 31:18 Let the lying lips be put to silence Being convicted of the lies told by them, and so silenced and confounded; or being cut off and destr...
Psalms 136:15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea In the same sea which was parted for the Israelites, and through which they passed saf...
Ecclesiastes 5:7 For in the multitude of dreams, and many words, [there are] also [divers] vanities Or as, in a multitude of dreams, [there are] many ...
Proverbs 24:24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou [art] righteous Not in a private way, or as giving his opinion or character of a man that is wicked...
1 Corinthians 11:32 But when we are judged This is said by way of consolation to the saints, that when the hand of the Lord is upon them, and he is af...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 25. Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. Disappoint them of their p...
Are crept in (pareiseduhsan). Second aorist passive indicative of pareisduw (-nw), late (Hippocrates, Plutarch, etc.) compound of para (beside) and e...
Exodus 33:8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out of the tabernacle, &c.] For when he had pitched it he did not continue there; which shows it was ...
Isaiah 40:8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth Which is repeated, to raise attention to it, as being a matter of importance, and for the confirmat...
Chapter?19 A parable lamenting the ruin of Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim. (1-9) Another describing the desolation of the people. (10-14) Verses 1...
Overview - Genesis 27 1?Isaac sends Esau for venison. 6?Rebekah instructs Jacob to obtain the blessing. 14?Jacob, feigning to be Esau, obtains it. 30...
Ephesians 1:8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us That is, in the grace which is so abundantly displayed in redemption and forgiveness of sin, through ...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 5. They shall stand there to be judged, but not to be acquitted. Fear shall lay hold upon them there; they shall not stand their grou...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 21. The holy poet here reviews his inward struggle and awards himself censure for his folly. His pain had been intense; he says, Thu...
Titles and names of the wicked Adversaries of the Lord 1?Samuel 2:10 Children of Belial Deuteronomy 13:13 ; 2?Chronicles 13:7 Children of th...
Psalm XVII. Psalm XVII. A Prayer OF David Himself.1. This prayer must be assigned to the Person of the Lord, with the addition of the Church, which is...
Proverbs 4:14 Enter not into the path of the wicked Which leads to eternal death; join not with them in their wicked ways and practices; have no fello...
Psalms 119:63 I [am] a companion of all [them] that fear thee Not of the rich and mighty, much less of the wicked and ungodly; but of such who had the...
Lamentations 4:12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, &c.] Not only the neighbouring nations, and the kings of them, but eve...