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Text -- Proverbs 19:1-10 (NET)
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19:1 Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool .
19:2 It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge , and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.
19:3 A person’s folly subverts his way , and his heart rages against the Lord .
19:4 Wealth adds many friends , but a poor person is separated from his friend .
19:5 A false witness will not go unpunished , and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment.
19:6 Many people entreat the favor of a generous person , and everyone is the friend of the person who gives gifts .
19:7 All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him– he pursues them with words , but they do not respond .
19:8 The one who acquires wisdom loves himself ; the one who preserves understanding will prosper .
19:9 A false witness will not go unpunished , and the one who spouts out lies will perish .
19:10 Luxury is not appropriate for a fool ; how much less for a servant to rule over princes !
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Poor |
Flattery |
Lies and Deceits |
Integrity |
Blindness |
CRIME; CRIMES |
Prudence |
Liberality |
Influence |
Rashness |
Riches |
Wisdom |
Speaking |
Servant |
Ignorance |
FOOL; FOLLY |
SUBVERT |
SLANDER |
PRINCE |
FRET, FRETTING |
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NET Notes -> Pro 19:1; Pro 19:1; Pro 19:1; Pro 19:2; Pro 19:2; Pro 19:2; Pro 19:2; Pro 19:2; Pro 19:3; Pro 19:3; Pro 19:3; Pro 19:3; Pro 19:3; Pro 19:4; Pro 19:4; Pro 19:5; Pro 19:5; Pro 19:5; Pro 19:5; Pro 19:6; Pro 19:6; Pro 19:6; Pro 19:6; Pro 19:6; Pro 19:7; Pro 19:7; Pro 19:7; Pro 19:7; Pro 19:8; Pro 19:8; Pro 19:8; Pro 19:9; Pro 19:9; Pro 19:10; Pro 19:10; Pro 19:10
NET Notes: Pro 19:1 The Syriac and Tg. Prov 19:1 read “rich” instead of MT “fool.” This makes tighter antithetical parallelism than MT and is foll...
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NET Notes: Pro 19:2 The basic meaning of the verb is “to miss a goal or the way.” D. Kidner says, “How negative is the achievement of a man who wants ta...
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NET Notes: Pro 19:3 The “heart raging” is a metonymy of cause (or adjunct); it represents the emotions that will lead to blaming God for the frustration. Gene...
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NET Notes: Pro 19:4 This proverb simply makes an observation on life: People pursue wealthy folk hoping that they can gain something from the rich, but the poor are deser...
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NET Notes: Pro 19:5 This proverb is a general statement, because on occasion there are false witnesses who go unpunished in this life (e.g., Prov 6:19; 14:5, 25; 19:9). T...
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NET Notes: Pro 19:6 Heb “a man of gifts.” This could be (1) attributive genitive: a man characterized by giving gifts or (2) objective genitive: a man who giv...
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NET Notes: Pro 19:7 Heb “not they.” The last line of the verse is problematic. The preceding two lines are loosely synonymous in their parallelism, but the th...
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NET Notes: Pro 19:8 Heb “finds good” (similar KJV, NASB); NCV “will succeed.” The MT reads לִמְצֹא (limt...
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NET Notes: Pro 19:9 The verse is the same as v. 5, except that the last word changes to the verb “will perish” (cf. NCV “will die”; CEV, NLT ̶...
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