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Category: Exegesis

  • Proverbs 3:1-10

    Proverbs 3:1-101 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: 2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: 4 So shalt thou…

  • Bad Exegesis Illustrated

    I stumbled across an example of truly terrible exegesis today (link). It’s not exegesis of Scripture, but exegesis of another written document, the PCA’s Book of Church Order. The author of the post, Gabe Martini, argues that this restriction, “58-2. The ignorant and scandalous are not to be admitted to the Lord’s Supper,” should bar…

  • Proverbs 2

    Proverbs 21My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; 2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; 3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid…

  • Proverbs 1:20-33

    Proverbs 1:20-33 20Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: 21She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 23Turn…

  • Proverbs 1:17-19

    Proverbs 1:17-19Pro 1:17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. Pro 1:18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. Pro 1:19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners…

  • Proverbs 1:10-16

    Proverbs 1:10-1610My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: 12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 13We shall find all precious…

  • Proverbs 1:8-9

    Proverbs 1:8-98My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 9For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. The first commandment of the second table of the law is “Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be…

  • Proverbs 1:7

    Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. This proverb provides a central theme for the book of Proverbs. In order to have true wisdom, one must first submit to the Word of God. Fearing God involves hearing him – it involves listening attentively to…

  • Proverbs 1:1

    Proverbs 1:1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; This verse provides both the title of the book and the author of the first and main section of the book. The author is King Solomon, himself the son of David. Both were the king of Israel. It may be grammatically an…

  • Proverbs 1:5-6

    Proverbs 1:5-65A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: 6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. The Scriptures, and especially the proverbs, are not only for the foolish man to become wise, but also for…