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Proverbs 1:1
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The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
The proverbs of Shlomo, the son of David, king of Yisra'el:
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
These are the wise words of Solomon son of David, king of Israel.
The Proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
The proverbs (truths obscurely expressed, maxims) of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel:
The Parables of Salomon the sonne of Dauid King of Israel,
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
These are the proverbs of King Solomon of Israel, the son of David.
The proverbs of Shlomo the son of David, king of Isra'el,
Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
THE proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
The proverbs of Solomon, son of David and king of Israel.
Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
The Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
These are the prouerbes of Salomon the sonne of Dauid kynge of Israel:
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
The Prouerbes of Solomon the sonne of Dauid, King of Israel,
The prouerbes of Solomon the sonne of Dauid, kyng of Israel:
The Proverbs of Solomon son of David, who reigned in Israel;
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
The parablis of Salomon, the sone of Dauid, king of Israel;
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
These are the proverbs of Solomon, David's son, king of Israel.
These are the wise sayings of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, King of Israel:
The parables of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel,
The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
proverbs: Proverbs 10:1, Proverbs 25:1, 1 Kings 4:31, 1 Kings 4:32, Ecclesiastes 12:9, John 16:25
Solomon: 2 Samuel 12:24, 2 Samuel 12:25, 1 Kings 2:12, 1 Chronicles 22:9, 1 Chronicles 28:5, 1 Chronicles 29:28
Reciprocal: Genesis 43:14 - And God Job 32:7 - General Ecclesiastes 12:10 - written
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He saw the light, and he knew that it was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness.
God named the light "day," and he named the darkness "night." There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the first day.
Then God said, "Let the earth grow grass, plants that make grain, and fruit trees. The fruit trees will make fruit with seeds in it. And each plant will make its own kind of seed. Let these plants grow on the earth." And it happened.
The earth grew grass and plants that made grain. And it grew trees that made fruit with seeds in it. Every plant made its own kind of seeds. And God saw that this was good.
So God made the two large lights. He made the larger light to rule during the day and the smaller light to rule during the night. He also made the stars.
God put these lights in the sky to shine on the earth.
There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the fourth day.
Then God said, "Let the water be filled with many living things, and let there be birds to fly in the air over the earth."
God blessed all the living things in the sea and told them to have many babies and fill the seas. And he blessed the birds on land and told them to have many more babies.
And I am giving all the green plants to the animals. These green plants will be their food. Every animal on earth, every bird in the air, and all the little things that crawl on the earth will eat that food." And all these things happened.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The proverbs of Solomon,.... Who is said to make three thousand proverbs, 1 Kings 4:32; but whether any of them are contained in this book cannot be said: however, it is certain that they are not all in it, since, if you except the first "nine" chapters, which are the introduction to the Proverbs, there are but six hundred and fifty-nine verses in it; and if they are taken in, they make but nine hundred and fifteen, which are not a third part of the proverbs said to be made by him: however, here are as many and such as God thought fit should be preserved for instruction in all future ages. It was usual with the ancients in all countries, when any truth was found, and established by experience, to wrap it up in a few apt words, with or without a figure; that it might be the better understood and more easily retained, and which were always venerable and greatly attended to: and of this kind are these proverbs; only with this difference, that these are of divine inspiration, and the others not. The word used for them comes from one which signifies "similitude" and "dominion" g; because many of them are similes or comparisons, and are delivered out in figurative expressions, in metaphors and allegories, and the like; and have all of them a commanding power, authority, and influence upon the mind, obliging to an attention to them. The name of Solomon is put to them, the more to recommend them; who had a wise and understanding heart, as large as the sand of the sea, and was wiser than all men, 1 Kings 4:29; and was an eminent type of Christ, who spake in proverbs also,
John 16:25. He is further described by his pedigree and office,
the son of David, king of Israel; a wise son of a wise father, and king over a wise and understanding people. These titles are added for the further commendation of the book; and it may be observed that they are such as belong to the Messiah, Solomon's antitype, one that is greater than he, Matthew 1:1.
g A rad. משל "dominatus est----lvmn comparatus, similis, consimilis factus est", Buxtorf. "Mirum est quod radix משל significans antoritatem cum imperio, significat etiam parabolas vel sermones figuratos----verba quae משלים vocantur, habent autoritatem, nobis ideam immittunt, dicentis ut nos supereminentis, saltem sapientia, ingenio, doctrina; nos persuadent et pondere suo, quasi imperio noe ducunt". Gusset. Ebr. Comment. p. 845.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The long exhortation Proverbs 1–9, characterized by the frequent recurrence of the words “my son,” is of the nature of a preface to the collection of the “Proverbs of Solomon” Proverbs 10:1. On Proverbs 1:1-7, see the introduction to Proverbs.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
THE PROVERBS
-Year from the Creation, 3004. -Year before the birth of Christ, 996.
-Year before the vulgar era of Christ's nativity, 1000.
-Year since the Deluge, according to Archbishop Usher and the English Bible, 1348.
-Year from the destruction of Troy, 185.
-Year before the first Olympiad, 224. -Year before the building of Rome, 247.
CHAPTER I
The design of the proverbs, 1-6.
An exhortation to fear God, and believe his word, because of
the benefit to be derived from it, 7-9;
to avoid the company of wicked men, who involve themselves in
wretchedness and ruin, 10-19.
Wisdom, personified, cries in the streets, and complains of the
contempt with which she is treated, 20-23.
The dreadful punishment that awaits all those who refuse her
counsels, 24-33.
NOTES ON CHAP. I
Verse Proverbs 1:1. The proverbs of Solomon — For the meaning of the word proverb, see the introduction; and the dissertation upon parabolical writing at the end of the notes on Matthew 13:58. Solomon is the first of the sacred writers whose name stands at the head of his works.
