
Text -- Proverbs 8:13 (NET)




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JFB: Pro 8:13 - -- For such is the effect of the fear of God, by which hatred to evil preserves from it.
For such is the effect of the fear of God, by which hatred to evil preserves from it.
Clarke -> Pro 8:13
Clarke: Pro 8:13 - -- The fear of the Lord is to hate evil - As it is impossible to hate evil without loving good; and as hatred to evil will lead a man to abandon the ev...
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil - As it is impossible to hate evil without loving good; and as hatred to evil will lead a man to abandon the evil way; and love to goodness will lead him to do what is right in the sight of God, under the influence of that Spirit which has given the hatred to evil, and inspired the love of goodness: hence this implies the sum and substance of true religion, which is here termed the fear of the Lord.
TSK -> Pro 8:13
TSK: Pro 8:13 - -- The fear : Pro 16:6; Psa 97:10, Psa 101:3, Psa 119:104, Psa 119:128; Amo 5:15; Rom 12:9; 1Th 5:22; 2Ti 2:19
pride : Pro 6:16-19; 1Sa 2:3; Psa 5:4, Psa...

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Poole -> Pro 8:13
Poole: Pro 8:13 - -- The fear of the Lord which he had before noted to be the beginning of wisdom, Pro 1:7 .
Is to hate evil it consists in a careful abstinence from al...
The fear of the Lord which he had before noted to be the beginning of wisdom, Pro 1:7 .
Is to hate evil it consists in a careful abstinence from all sin, and that not from carnal or prudential motives, but from a true dislike and hatred of it.
Pride which he mentions first, as that which is most hateful to God, and most opposite to true wisdom and to the fear of God, which constantly produce humility.
The evil way all wicked actions, especially sinful custom: and courses.
The froward mouth false doctrines, and bad counsels and deceits.
Gill -> Pro 8:13
Gill: Pro 8:13 - -- The fear of the Lord is to hate evil,.... All evil in general, evil thoughts, evil words, evil actions, evil company, evil worship, and evil doctrine...
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil,.... All evil in general, evil thoughts, evil words, evil actions, evil company, evil worship, and evil doctrines; and by "the fear of the Lord", which shows itself in an hatred of evil, because of the loathsome nature of it, and being contrary to God and his will, and as it appears in the glass of the law, and especially in the glass of pardoning love, is meant not the fear of his judgments and wrath, or a distrust of his grace and goodness, much less an hypocritical fear, or a mere show of devotion; but a reverential affection for him, which is peculiar to children; a filial, godly fear, which is consistent with strong faith, great joy, and true courage; and is opposite to pride and self-confidence, and is accompanied with real holiness; it takes its rise from the grace of God, and is greatly increased and promoted by the discoveries of his love and goodness: this is brought into the account and description of wisdom, to distinguish it from carnal wisdom; to commend wisdom from its holiness; for this the beginning of wisdom, yea, wisdom itself, Job 28:28;
pride and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate; these are the particulars of evil, which Wisdom, or Christ, declares his hatred of. "Pride", which appears in men in thinking too highly of themselves, in speaking too well of themselves, in despising others, in setting up and trusting to their own righteousness for salvation, and in crying up the purity and power of human nature; this is very contrary to the spirit of the meek and lowly Jesus, and must be hateful to him: "arrogancy" differs little from pride, and the two words in the Hebrew are very much the same, very little differ; it is an ascribing that to a man's self which does not belong to him, whether in things natural, civil, or spiritual; when men attribute their justification and salvation to their own works, it is arrogancy, and must be hateful to Christ; who been at so much pains and expense to bring in everlasting righteousness, and work out salvation for men: it is the height of arrogancy in a man to conceit he a power to regenerate, renew, and convert himself, and, with the haughty Arminian, Grevinchovius, to say, he has made himself to differ from others; this must be hateful to Christ, by whose Spirit and grace this only is done: and it is a piece of arrogancy when men ascribe all the good works done by them to their own power, when without Christ they can do nothing; which therefore must be displeasing to him. "The evil way", as Aben Ezra observes, is an evil custom and course of sinning; a man's own way, which he chooses and delights in, and which leads to destruction: "and the froward mouth" is the mouth that speaks perverse things; things contrary to a man's own heart, contrary to truth, to the rule of the divine word, to the Gospel, to Christ and his people, and to all men; which must be hateful and abominable to him who is truth itself.

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NET Notes: Pro 8:13 Heb “and a mouth of perverse things.” The word “mouth” is a metonymy of cause for what is said; and the noun תַ...
Geneva Bible -> Pro 8:13
Geneva Bible: Pro 8:13 The fear of the LORD [is] to hate ( e ) evil: pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.
( e ) So that he who does no...

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TSK Synopsis -> Pro 8:1-36
TSK Synopsis: Pro 8:1-36 - --1 The fame,6 and evidence of wisdom.10 The excellency,12 the nature,15 the power,18 the riches,22 and the eternity of wisdom.32 Wisdom is to be desire...
MHCC -> Pro 8:12-21
MHCC: Pro 8:12-21 - --Wisdom, here is Christ, in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge; it is Christ in the word, and Christ in the heart; not only Christ reve...
Matthew Henry -> Pro 8:12-21
Matthew Henry: Pro 8:12-21 - -- Wisdom here is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge; it is Christ in the word and Christ in the heart, not only Ch...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Pro 8:13
Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 8:13 - --
Far remote is the idea that 13a is dependent on אמצא (I acquire) (Löwenstein, Bertheau). With this verse begins a new series of thoughts raisi...
Constable: Pro 1:1--9:18 - --I. DISCOURSES ON WISDOM chs. 1--9
Verse one introduces both the book as a whole and chapters 1-9 in particular. ...

Constable: Pro 8:1--9:18 - --C. The Value of Wisdom and Wise Conduct chs. 8-9
Solomon explained the value of wisdom in many ways alre...

Constable: Pro 8:1-36 - --1. The function of wisdom ch. 8
Chapter 8 is an apology (defense) of wisdom. The argument of thi...
