bch. 4.1,5,7. c ch. 3. 14. d Job 3. 21. Cp. Matt. 13. 44. e Cp. Ps. 25. 14 & John 7.17 & 14. 21. ƒ Job 32. 8. ch. 30. 5. See Ps. 3.3. A Ps. 84. 11. i 1 Sam. 2. 9. Ps. 6. 9 & 97. 10. , See Ps. 30.4. Cp. ver. 5. ch. 1. 3. shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil. 2 1* My son, a if thou wilt re ceive my words, And lay up my ments with thee; command 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thine heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for a hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of 6 For the LORD giveth wisdom; 2 He is a shield to them that h walk in integrity; 8 That he may guard the paths 3 of judgement, And preserve the way of his ¿ saints. *Then shalt thou understand 'righteousness ment, 9 and judge And equity, yea, every good path. 10 For wisdom shall enter into 2 Or. And a shield for &c. S Or. That they may keep 6 Heb. maketh smooth her words. 7 Or, guide 9 Or, the shades Heb. Rephaim. 10 Or, earth 4 Or, Yea, he preserv 8 Or, she sinketh down unto 11 Or, teaching 12 Or, Deut.28.65. Ps. 52. 5. g See ch.1.8. h Deut. 8. 1 & 30. 16, 20. i ver. 16. ch. 4. 10 & 9. 11 16. ch. 1.33. Ps. 119. 165. A Cp. Ps. 85. 10 1Cp. ch. 20. 28 & Isai. 59. 14. m Cp. ch.1.3 & 6. 21 & 7.3. And shall keep thy foot from "Withhold not good from them When it is in the power of thine hand to do it. r See ch. 4. 22. sCp. ch.19. teh. 10. 9. Cp. chỉ *. 18 & Ps. 91. 11. u ch. 4. 12. Ps. 91. 12. Cp. ch.6.22 & Ps. 3. 5 & 4.8. See Job 11. 19. w Jer. 31. 26. Cp. 1 Pet. 3.14. See Ps. 91.5. y Cp. Job 5. 21. Seel Sam. 2.9. a Gal. 6. 10. Say not unto thy neighbour, & Ecclus. And to-morrow I will give; When thou hast it by thee. Devise not evil against thy Seeing he dwelleth securely Strive not with a man without cause, 4. 3. Cp. Lev. 19. 13 & Deut. 24. 15. cch. 6. 14 & 12. 20 & 14. 22. 18. 7, 27. Cp. Judg. Cp. Rom. 12. 18. 16 Length of days is in her right 32 For the perverse is an abomi- ch. 2. 15. hand; ways are ways of plea- 33 The curse of the LORD is in the ev santness, And all her paths are peace. 18 She is a tree of life to them 19 that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that re- "The LORD by wisdom founded 1 Or. good repute 34 house of the wicked; But he blesseth the habitation Surely he scorneth the scorn ers, 26. 14-39. * Cp. Job 1 Cp. Ps. 18. 26 & James 4.6 & 1 Pet. 5.. 107 But he giveth grace unto the See Ps. lowly. 35 "The wise shall inherit glory; 2 Or, make straight or plain 3 Or, refreshing Heb. moistening. bstruction 5 Heb, draweth forth. 6 Heb, thou shalt not dash thy foot. 7 Or, storm counsel Or, friendship Or, Though 10 Or, Yet 4 Or, 8 Or, 138. 6. m See Ps.1.1 n Ecclus. 37.26. But 10 shame shall be the pro- 16 For they 'sleep not, except they motion of fools. I PHear, my sons, the instruc 4tion of a father, And attend to know understanding: 2 For I give you good "doctrine; Forsake ye not my 2 law. 3 For I was a son unto my father, Tender and 3 only beloved in the sight of my mother. 4 And he taught me, and said unto me, "Let thine heart retain my words; 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; Love her, and she shall keep thee. 7 4 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: Yea, with all thou hast gotten get understanding. 8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: She shall a bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. 9 She shall give to thine head ca chaplet of grace: 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 But " the path of the righteous is as 6o the shining light, That shineth Pmore and more unto the perfect day. 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they * stumble. For out of it are a the issues of y ch. 3.8 life. 24 Put away from thee 'a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from A crown of 5 beauty shall she deliver to thee. 26 8e Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be 9 tablished. & 12. 18 12.95. a Cp. Ps. 68. 20. bch. 6. 12. c ch. 2. 15. d Cp. Ecclus. 7. 36 & Heb.12.2. ech.5.6, 21. Cp. Heb. 12. 13. es- Cp. Ps. 119. 5. 5 dom; Cp. ch. 2. 1,2. i ch. 22. 17. Incline thine ear to my under-ch. 1. 4. standing: 2 That thou mayest preserve cretion, And that thy lips may knowledge. * Mal. 2. 7. 7 See ch. 2. m S. of S. 4. dis-16 3 For the lips of 'a strange woman Deut. 29. m drop honey, And her mouth is "smoother than oil: 18. Jer. 9. 15. Lam. 3. 15, 19. Rev. 8. 11. 1 Or, fools carry away shame 2 Or, teaching 3 Heb. an only one. 4 Or, The beginning of wisdom 5 Or, glory 6 Or, the light of dawn 7 Or, above all that thou guardest 8 See ch. 7. 27. t ver. 21. ch. 4. 26. u See ch.4.1. v Ps. 127. 2. w Ezek. 24. 23. 5 Her feet go down to death; Her ways are unstable and 3 she 7 "Now therefore, my sons, hearken And depart not from the words 8 Remove thy way far from her, 9 Lest thou give thine honour unto And thy years unto the cruel: And thy labours be in the house 11 And thou 5w mourn at thy latter When thy flesh and thy body are rch.1.22,29. 12 And say, "How have I hated See ch. 12. 1. y ch. 1. 25. See Ps. 107. 11. instruction, And my heart "despised reproof; Nor inclined mine ear to them z Cp. Ps. 94. 14 I was well nigh in all evil In the midst of the congregation 15 Drink waters out of thine own And running waters out of thine b See Ps. 68. 16 Should thy springs be dis 26. c Cp. Jer. 9. 21 & Zech.8.5. ư Cp. ch. 14. 10. e Deut. 24.5. f Mal. 2. 14. persed abroad, And rivers of water in the 17 Let them be for thyself alone, thee. 18 Let thy a fountain be blessed; 9 S. of S. 2. 19 As a loving hind and a pleasant 9. 17 h Cp. Jer. 31. 14. 1 See ch. 2. 16. doe, When wilt thou arise out of thy Isai. 1. 10 (mg. for mg.). c Ex. 5. 6, 15. 4 Cp. ch. 10.3. e Cp. ch. 10. 5. Yet a little sleep, a little slump. Jonah "A little folding of the hands So shall thy poverty come as a man. 15 7be ravished with a strange 12 A worthless person, a man of g ch. 24. 33. Eccles.4.5. ich. 24. 34. ) Cp. ch. 10. 4 & 12. 24 ✯ ch. 16. 27. He walketh with a froward ch. 4. 24. 1 Or, the grave 2 Or, Lest thou find the level &c. Or, Lest thou weigh carefully the path of life weigheth carefully 9 Or, thy hand with a stranger ch. 10. 10. 13 Hem winketh with his eyes, he 27 Can a man take "fire in his n Job 31. 12. 1speaketh with his feet, Ps. 35. 19. Ecclus. 27. 22. He 2 maketh signs with his fingers; 14 "Frowardness is in his heart, he • deviseth evil continually; P He soweth discord. 15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy. . 16 There be six things which the Tie them about thy neck. d See ch. 3. 22 When thou walkest, it shall 23, 24. lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall e watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment is fa lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24 To keep thee from the evil wo h man, From the flattery of the stranger's tongue. i Cp. Matt. 25 Lust not after her beauty in 5. 28. • bosom, And his clothes not be burned? o Ps. 79. 12. To satisfy his soul when he is r Job 38. 39. hungry: 31 But if he be found, he shall re- He shall give all the substance 32 He that committeth adultery Cp. Ex. 22. 4. t See Ps. 79. 12. u ch. 7.7 & 9. 4, 16 He doeth it that would destroy al. his own soul. 33 Wounds and dishonour shall he 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding thy 13 kinswoman: 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the stranger which 14 flattereth with her words. 10. a See ch. 3.3. b See ch. 2. 16. 6 For at the window of my cJudg. 5. 3 Heb. letteth loose. house I looked forth through my lat 4 Heb. of his soul. 5 Heb. breatheth out. 28. |