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The Son of God, represented throughout Proverbs as *Wisdom* (Chokmah), extends this invitation universally: Elohim shows no partiality of persons.
When mortals undertake an enterprise, unforeseen difficulties arise and baffle our best calculations.
Historical parallels illuminate this prophecy's scope: Alexander the Great liberated Egypt from Persian oppression, while Ptolemy Soter (the Saviour) granted Jews equal civic privileges in Alexandria.
The Messiah's enemies cannot withstand His power any more than an earthen vessel can resist the blows of an iron rod.
When comfort abandons us and earthly props crumble, the soul rises on wings of intercession toward Yahweh.
The prophet employs striking, elevated language to convey God's gracious thoughts toward His erring but repentant people.
The Heavenly Physician addresses those who neglect His healing: those depending upon their own moral virtue, those trusting in religious duties alone, and those resting in correct doctrine without transformation.
The guilt of forsaking God rests upon a fundamental truth: man is bound by the law of his nature to obey the Almighty Being who made him an intelligent and immortal creature.
First, even bodily wants must be subordinated to religious purposes—we do not live by bread alone, but by every word proceeding from Adonai.
The kiss signifies multiple progressive meanings in Scripture.
We require this petition when surrounded by gloom, when tempted, and when our path grows rough.
Christ knew what dwelt within human nature, possessed a consciousness of self that transcends our limited awareness.
First comes the ascription of blessing: "Blessed art thou, O LORD." Here the psalmist recognizes Yahweh's infinite perfection, His majesty, and His absolute worthiness of praise.
They seek visible proof, tangible evidence that happiness exists, yet they neglect to look toward God, the fountain of all blessedness.
Exell observed that the present world presents a paradox: philosophers from Ray Lankester to John Stuart Mill cannot agree on nature's character.
The term *mysterion* (mystery), used twice in this passage and frequently throughout Philippians, does not denote what is essentially incomprehensible to human understanding.
The Hebrew rendering cuts deeper than arbitrary punishment: "He that despiseth the Word shall bring ruin on himself." This reveals a foundational law of Biblical revelation—that destruction is not merely God's external penalty imposed from above, but rather self-ruin, a...
Maclaren cuts through centuries of misreading to expose the Apostle's true intention.
For He must reign till He hath put all enemies under His feet.—The reign of Christ establishes this world as His battlefield now; when this conflict ends, His reign concludes also. "He shall reign till," and no longer. Who are...
Joseph Exell's 1887 *Biblical Illustrator* frames this eschatological promise through three movements.
Across continents and centuries—from China's imperial annals recording the discovery of "bread-stones" during famine, to the West African coast where the yellowish earth called "caouac" sustains entire populations, to the banks of the Orinoco where Humboldt documented indigenous peoples kneading...
When we announce doom without tears, we harden rather than convict.
Eight ancient stone steps descend to waters that supplied Jerusalem's citizens for millennia.
The Book of Proverbs unites secular and spiritual wisdom without artificial division, revealing that godly living encompasses all dimensions of existence.