Exhortations to praise God. t Job 37. 8. u ver. 15. Seo Job 37. 10. x Deut. 33. 2, 3, 4. Ps. 76. 1, & 78. 5. & 103. 7. + Heb. his words. y Mal. 4. 4. See Deut. 4. Rom. 3.1, 2. 32, 33, 34. † Heb. Hallelujah. P. 103, 20, 21. bl Kin. 8. 27. 2 Cor. 12. 2. e Gen. 1. 7. ment upon earth: his word runneth | even of the children of Israel, an Eph. 2. 17. melteth them; he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. 19 He sheweth this word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. 202 He hath not dealt so with any nation and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD. PSALM CXLVIII. 1 The psalmist exhorteth the celestial, 7 ORAISE ye the LORD. PRA Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights. 2 Praise ye him, all his angels 3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: 5 Let them praise the name of the d Gen.1.1,6,7. LORD: for dhe commanded, and they were created. Ps. 33. 6, 9. ePa 89.37. & 119. 90, 91. 6 He hath also stablished them Jer.31.35,36. for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass. & 33, 25. fIs. 43. 20. g Ps. 147. 15 18. h Is, 44, 23. & 49, 13. & 55. 12. + Heb. birds of wing. iP.. 8. 1. Is. 12. 4. ↑ Heb. exalted. k Pa. 113. 4. 1 Ps. 75. 10. an Pa. 149. 9. Before 7 Praise the LORD from the earth, 8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; 10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping 11 Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: 12 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: 13 Let them praise the name of the cellent; his glory is above the earth 14 He also exalteth the horn of his sounding cymbals. 6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD. THE PROVERBS. CHAPTER I. CHRIST 1 The use of the proverbs. 7 An exhortation to fear God, and believe his word. 10 To avoid the enticings of sinners. 20 Wisdom complaineth of her contempt. written about 1000. al Kin. 4. 32. ch. 10. 1. & 25.1. Ece. 12. 9. 24 She threateneth her contemners. THE Proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; THE 2 To know wisdom and instruction; 2.3.& 144.9. Ia. 38, 20. fl Chr. 15. 16 19,28. & 16.5. & 25. 1.6. Before about 1000. to perceive the words of understand- CHRIST 4 To give subtilty to the simple, 5 d A wise man will hear, and will ↑ Heb. equities. ech. D. 4. ¡Or, advise Mene. ch. 9.9. ↑ Heb. an adding. i Gen. 39. 7, Ps. 1. 1. Eph. 5. 11. k Jer. 5. 26. 1 Pa. 28. 1. & 143. 7. m P. 1. 1. eh. 4. 14. P. 119. 101. Is. 59. T. Rom. 3. 15. Heb. in the eyes of every thing that hath a wing. peh. 15. 27. 1 Tim. 6. 10. ↑ Heb. Wiedome, that is, Eccellent wisdom. 6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation: the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. 8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. 10 My son, if sinners entice thec, i consent thou not. 11 If they say, Come with us, let Wisdom promiseth goaliness. Before 29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the CHEIST LORD: 30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. 31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. 32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. But d whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. 1 CHAPTER II. Wisdom promiseth godliness to her chil dren. 10 and safety from evil company, 20 and direction in good ways. Y if thou wilt receive my about 1000. ■ Job 21. 14. ver. 22. P. 119. 173. bver 25, P. 8. 11. Job ch. 14. 14. & 22.8. 1. 3. 11. Jer. G. 19. 101, rase of the simple. d Pa 21. 12.13. . Ps. 112. 7. us klay wait for blood, let us lurk Mords, and hide my com-ach. 4. 21. & privily for the innocent without cause: 12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, las those that go down into the pit: 13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: 14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: 15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; "refrain thy foot from their path: 16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. 17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. 18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. 19 PSo are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. 204 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: 21 She crieth in the chief place of ch. 8. 1, &c. concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 9.3. John 7. 37. Joel 2. 28. • Is. 65. 12. & 66. 4. Jer. 7. 13. Zech. 7. 11. + Pa. 107. 11. ver. 30. Luke 7. 30. u Ps. 2. 4. x ch. 10. 24. y Job 27. 9. 35. 12. Jer. 11. 11. & 14. 12. 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. 24 TBecause I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; 25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: 26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; 27 When your fear cometh as des&olation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. 28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: 6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: elKia.39.12. out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. 7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: dhe is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. 8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. 9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. 10 T When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, funderstanding shall keep thee: 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; a Deut. 8, 1. Or, & 30. 16, 20. + Heb. years of life. bp. 119. 165. Ex. 13. 9. Deut. 6. 8. ch. 6. 21. & 7.3. d Jer. 17. 1. 2 Cor. 3. 3. e Pa. 111. 10. 22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. plucked up. CHAPTER III. 1 An exhortation to obedience, b to faith, 7 to mortification, 9 to devotion, 11 to patience. 13 The happy gain of wisdom. 19 The power, 21 and the benefits of wisdom. 27 An exhortation to charitableness, 30 peaceableness, 31 and contentedness. 33 The cursed state of the wicked. MY son, forget not my law; "but The benefits of wisdom. 21 T My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: 22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. Before CHRIST about 1000. ech. 1. 9. 23 d Then shalt thou walk in thy dP. 37. 24. & way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. 24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. 91. 11. 12 cli. 10. 9. Lev. 26. 6. P. 3. 5. & 4. 8. 112, 7. 25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, Ps. 91. 5, & 26 For the LORD shall be thy con- 4 So shalt thou find favour and See 1 Sam. 2. good understanding in the sight of God and man. 26. Luke 2.52. Acta 2 47. Rom. 14. 18. IOr, good success, fP. 37. 3, 5. g Jer. 9. 23. hl Chr. 29. 9. i Jer. 10. 23. k Rom. 12. 18. 1 Job 1. 1. ch. 10, 0. + Heb. medicine. + Heb. water 5 T Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 h In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall i direct thy paths. 7 Tk Be not wise in thine own eyes: I fear the LORD, and depart from evil. 8 It shall be fhealth to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. 9" Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: 10° So shall thy barns be filled with ing.or moit plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. ening. m Job 21. 21. n Ex. 22. 29. & 23. 19. & 34, 26. Deut, 20, 2, &c. Mal.3.10, &c. Luke 14. 13. o Deut. 28. 8. p Job 5. 17. Ps. 91, 12. Heb. 12.5, 6. Rev. 3. 19. q Deut. 8, 5, rch. 8, 31, 35, + Heb. the man that drawath out understand ing. P. 19. 10. ch. 2. 4. & 8. 11 TP My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: 12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. 13 T'Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding: 14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. 16" Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches HEAR, aye children, the instruc-P. 34. IL tion of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. 3 For I was my father's son, bten- b1 Chr. 29, 1. der and only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: d keep my commandments, and live. 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: flove her, and she shall keep thee. Solomon exhorteth to PROVERBS. a Mal, 2. 7. b ch. 2. 16. & 6. 24. men. 15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. 16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. 18 P But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. 20 T My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and "health to all their flesh. 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Y remove thy foot from evil. 2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may "keep knowledge. the study of wisdom. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. 7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. 8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: 9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: 10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; 11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart à despised reproof; B And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! 14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. 15 T Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. 16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. 17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thec. 18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and i be thou ravished always with her love. 20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his † sins. 23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. Before CHRIST about 1000. feb. 7. 87. Reb, thy strength. ch. 1. 29. heh. 1. 25. & 12 1. i Mal. 2. 14. k See Cant. 2. 9.&4.5.& 7.3. + Heb. water thee. ↑ Heb. err thon always in her love. 1ch. 2. 16. & 7.5. 7.5. m2Chr. 16.9. Job 31. 4. & 34. 21. ch. 15. 3. Jer. 16. 17.4 32. 19. Hos. 7. 2. Heb. 4. 13. F 9. 15. ↑ Heb, sin. o Joh 4. 21. & 36. 12. CHAPTER VI. Against suretiship, 6 idleness, 12 and mischievousness. 16 Seven things hateful to God. 20 The blessings of obedi ence. 25 The mischiefs of whoredom. TY son, if thou be surety for thy ach. 11. 15. & friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, MY 2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the 3 Tb For the lips of a strange wom-hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. + Heb.palate. an drop as a honeycomb, and her f mouth is smoother than oil: c Ps. 55. 21. d Ecc. 7. 20. . Heb. 4. 12. 4 But her end is a bitter as wormwood, "sharp as a twoedged sword. 4b Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the 17.18.&20.16. & 22.26. & 27. 13. Or, so shalt thou prevail with thy friend. br. 132. 4. The blessings of obedience. Before CHRIST about 1000. • Job 12. 7. d ch.24.33,34. ech. 10. 4. & 13. 4. & 20. 4. f Job 15. 12. Ps. 35. 19. ch. 10. 10. g Mio. 2. 1. h ver. 19. + Heb. casteth forth. iJer. 19. 11. k2 Chr.36.16, + Heb. of his soul. 1 Pa. 18. 27. & 101. 5. † Heb. Haughty eyes. PROVERBS. 9 d How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. 12 TA naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. 13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; 14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; † soweth discord. he Solomon persuadeth to wisdom. steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; 31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. 32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman flacketh † understanding: he that docth it destroyeth his own soul. 33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. 34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. 35 † He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. CHAPTER VII. 1 Solomon persuadeth to a sincere and kind familiarity with wisdom. 6 In an example of his own experience, he sheweth 10 the cunning of a whore, 22 and the desperate simplicity of a young wanton. 24 He dehorteth from such wickedness. Y Before CHRIST about 1000. 15 Therefore shall his calamity Mson, keep my words, and lay ch. 2. 1. come suddenly; suddenly shall he 17 A proud look, ma lying tongue, and "hands that shed innocent blood, 18 A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, Pfeet that be swift in m Ps. 120.2.3. running to mischief, n Is. 1. 15. o Gen. 6. 5. PIs. 59. 7. Rom. 3. 15, q Ps. 27. 12. ch. 19. 5, 9. rver. 14. sch. 1. 8. Eph. 6. 1. tch. 3. 3. & 7. 3. ach. 3. 23, 24. x ch. 2. 11. y Pa. 19. 8. & 119. 103. Or, candle. zch. 2. 16. & 5. 3. & 7. 5. Or, of the strange tongue. a Matt, 5. 28. beh. 29. 3. 19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. 20 T5 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the 11 tongue of a strange woman. 25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. 26 For bby means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece Gen. 29. 14. of bread: and the adulteress will d hunt for the precious life. 11 (h She is loud and stubborn; i her heh. 9. 13. feet abide not in her house: 12 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) 13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, 14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows. 15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. 16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. 17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18 Come, let us take our fill of love il Tim. 5. 13. Til 2.5 + Heb. sie strengthened her face, and said. + Heb. Peace •ferings are upon me. kla, 19.9. |