Studies in 'the Proverbs' Chapter 22, 'Verbatim', Post 23-PM. November 5, 2020

My friends,

Thank you for returning with me and Jesus through the Holy Spirit this afternoon, continuing with Proverbs Chapter 22 from this morning. audio-bible.com/bible/bible.html  
Studies in 'the Proverbs' Chapter 22, 'Verbatim', Post 23-AM. November 5, 2020

How do you take your  'spot of tea' this afternoon?  Amen. Amen.​

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w/Notes from the Commentary of Matthew Henry for further insight. [1710]

11 'He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.'

14 'The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.'

15 'Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.'

16 'He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

Notes:
11. 'God will be the Friend of a man in whose spirit there is no guile; this honour have all the saints.
12. God turns the counsels and designs of treacherous men to their own confusion.
13. The slothful man talks of a lion without, but considers not his real danger from the devil, that roaring lion within, and from his own slothfulness, which kills him.
14. The vile sin of licentiousness commonly besots the mind beyond recovery.
15. Sin is foolishness, it is in the heart, there is an inward inclination to sin: children bring it into the world with them; and it cleaves close to the soul. We all need to be corrected by our heavenly Father.
16. We are but stewards, and must distribute what God intrusts to our care, according to his will.'

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17 'Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?'

Notes:
17-21. 'To these words, to this knowledge, the ear must be bowed down, and the heart applied by faith and love. To live a life of delight in God and dependence on him, is the foundation of all practical religion. The way to know the certainty of the word of truth, is to make conscience of our duty.' 

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22 'Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.'

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26 'Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.'​

Notes:
22,23. 'He that robs and oppresses the poor, does so at his peril. And if men will not appear for them, God will.
24,25. Our corrupt hearts have so much tinder in them, that it is dangerous to have to do with those that throw about the sparks of their passion. 
26,27. Every man ought to be just to himself, and his family; those are not so, who, by folly or other carelessness, waste what they have. 
28. We are taught not to trespass on another man's right. And it is hard to find a truly industrious man. Such a man will rise. Seest thou a man diligent in the business of religion? He is likely to excel. Let us then be diligent in God's work.' Commentary by Matthew Henry, 1710.

Thank you for continuing with me for more morsels in 'Proverbs' on Friday, November 6, 2020 when we shall continue our posts for this week with Proverbs Chapter 23.  Then, on  Saturday, November 7, 2020, we shall add Proverbs Chapter 24, with a 'cumulative lists of links' to the Chapters 1-24, all of  which have been posted to date. 

We will then take a week for review before continuing with Proverbs Chapters 25-31, during the weeks of November 16-25, 2020. Amen. Amen. ​