the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Proverbs 3:17
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Her ways are pleasant,and all her paths, peaceful.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are shalom.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Wisdom will make your life pleasant and will bring you peace.
Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.
Her ways are highways of pleasantness and favor, And all her paths are peace.
Her ways are pleasant ways, And all her paths are peace.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.
Her wayes are wayes of pleasure, and all her pathes prosperitie.
Her ways are pleasant waysAnd all her pathways are peace.
All her ways are pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.
Wisdom makes life pleasant and leads us safely along.
Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Wisdom will lead you to a life of joy and peace.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Wisdom can make your life pleasant and lead you safely through it.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths peace.
Hir wayes are pleasaunt wayes, and all hir pathes are peaceable.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.
Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Her wayes are wayes of plesantnesse: and all her pathes are peace.
Her wayes are pleasaunt wayes, and all her pathes are peaceable.
Her ways are good ways, and all her paths are peaceful.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
The weies therof ben feire weies, and alle the pathis therof ben pesible.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.
Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths [are] peace.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.
She will guide you down delightful paths; all her ways are satisfying.
Her ways are pleasing, and all her paths are peace.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Her ways, are ways of pleasantness, and, all her paths, are peace;
Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceable.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, And all her paths [are] peace.
Her ways are pleasant ways And all her paths are peace.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
ways of: Proverbs 2:10, Proverbs 22:18, Psalms 19:10, Psalms 19:11, Psalms 63:3-5, Psalms 112:1, Psalms 119:14, Psalms 119:47, Psalms 119:103, Psalms 119:174, Matthew 11:28-30
all: Psalms 25:10, Psalms 37:11, Psalms 119:165, Isaiah 26:3, Isaiah 57:19, Luke 1:79, Romans 5:1, Philippians 4:8, Philippians 4:9
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 12:18 - rejoice 2 Chronicles 15:15 - rejoiced Psalms 119:35 - the path Proverbs 3:2 - and peace Isaiah 59:8 - way Matthew 11:30 - my yoke Romans 2:10 - glory 1 John 5:3 - and
Cross-References
The Woman said to the serpent, "Not at all. We can eat from the trees in the garden. It's only about the tree in the middle of the garden that God said, ‘Don't eat from it; don't even touch it or you'll die.'"
When the Woman saw that the tree looked like good eating and realized what she would get out of it—she'd know everything!—she took and ate the fruit and then gave some to her husband, and he ate.
Immediately the two of them did "see what's really going on"—saw themselves naked! They sewed fig leaves together as makeshift clothes for themselves.
God called to the Man: "Where are you?"
God said, "Who told you you were naked? Did you eat from that tree I told you not to eat from?"
"The serpent seduced me," she said, "and I ate."
God told the serpent: "Because you've done this, you're cursed, cursed beyond all cattle and wild animals, Cursed to slink on your belly and eat dirt all your life. I'm declaring war between you and the Woman, between your offspring and hers. He'll wound your head, you'll wound his heel."
He told the Woman: "I'll multiply your pains in childbirth; you'll give birth to your babies in pain. You'll want to please your husband, but he'll lord it over you."
He told the Man: "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree That I commanded you not to eat from, ‘Don't eat from this tree,' The very ground is cursed because of you; getting food from the ground Will be as painful as having babies is for your wife; you'll be working in pain all your life long. The ground will sprout thorns and weeds, you'll get your food the hard way, Planting and tilling and harvesting, sweating in the fields from dawn to dusk, Until you return to that ground yourself, dead and buried; you started out as dirt, you'll end up dirt."
The Man, known as Adam, named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness,.... The "ways" and methods which Christ took to bring about the salvation of his people; some in eternity, as engaging as a surety for them, entering into a covenant with his father on their account, taking the care and charge of their persons, grace, and glory; others in time, as the assumption of their nature, obedience to the law, suffering and dying in their room and stead, rising again, ascending to heaven, and interceding for them; calling them by his grace, clothing them with his righteousness, and keeping them by his power unto salvation, and at last introducing them into his kingdom and glory. These are "pleasant", to view the love of Christ in them, the success that attended them, the glory of God brought about hereby, and the salvation of his people; which is exceedingly pleasant, being agreeable to all the perfections of God; suitable to the case of sinners, full and complete in itself, free to them, and of an everlasting duration; it is this which makes Christ so pleasant to souls, and the Gospel also: or else the ways which Christ has prescribed and directed his followers to walk in are here meant; as himself, who is the principal way, and the only way to the Father, and to heaven and happiness; also the ways of faith, holiness, and truth, the ways of Christ's commandments, and all the ordinances of the Gospel and institutions of religion; which are "pleasant", when the presence of God and Christ is enjoyed in them; when the heart is enlarged with the love of God and Christ; when assisted therein by the Spirit of God, having good food and refreshment in them, and good company with them; and which, though attended with much tribulation, end in eternal pleasure;
and all her paths [are] peace; the "paths" which Christ has trod in to procure the peace of his people; he appeared in the council of peace, and assisted in it; he entered into a covenant of peace with his Father; he assumed the nature of his people, in order to be their peacemaker; he took the chastisement of their peace upon him; he obtained it by the blood of his cross; he sends his ministers to publish it, and his Spirit into the hearts of men to reconcile them to this way of peace and salvation by him; and the result of all this is, that an honourable "peace" is made for sinners, and peace of conscience is enjoyed, which passeth all understanding, flowing from the blood, righteousness, and sacrifice of Christ; and the whole issues in eternal peace in the world to come. Likewise all those "paths" which Christ instructs his people to walk in; as the paths of faith and obedience, these lead to the enjoyment of "peace" here and hereafter; there is much peace had in a way of believing, and great peace have they which love the law of God, and the commandments of Christ, and obey them; they may meet with much uneasiness at times in their own spirits, by reason of sin, temptation, and desertion; they may bring the malice of the world upon them, and have much trouble from it, and too, too often, disagree among themselves; and yet, after all, they have that peace which others have not while they live; and, when they die, they depart in peace, and enter into eternal peace. Now all this is true, not of unregenerate persons, who desire not the knowledge of Christ, and to whom there is no peace, but of true believers in him.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
“Ways” and “paths” describe the two kinds of roads, the “highway” and the “byway.” In both these he who was guided by Wisdom would walk securely.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 3:17. Her ways are ways of pleasantness — These blessings of true religion require little comment. They are well expressed by the poet in the following elegant verses: -
"Wisdom Divine! Who tells the price
Of Wisdom's costly merchandise?
Wisdom to silver we prefer,
And gold is dross compared to her.
Her hands are fill'd with length of days,
True riches, and immortal praise; -
Riches of Christ, on all bestow'd,
And honour that descends from God.
To purest joys she all invites,
Chaste, holy, spiritual delights;
Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her flowery paths are peace.
Happy the man that finds the grace,
The blessing of God's chosen race;
The wisdom coming from above,
The faith that sweetly works by love!"
WESLEY.
