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Text -- Proverbs 6:16-35 (NET)
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6:16 There are six things that the Lord hates , even seven things that are an abomination to him :
6:17 haughty eyes , a lying tongue , and hands that shed innocent blood ,
6:18 a heart that devises wicked plans , feet that are swift to run to evil ,
6:19 a false witness who pours out lies , and a person who spreads discord among family members .
6:20 My child , guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother .
6:21 Bind them on your heart continually ; fasten them around your neck .
6:22 When you walk about, they will guide you; when you lie down , they will watch over you; when you wake up , they will talk to you.
6:23 For the commandments are like a lamp , instruction is like a light , and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life ,
6:24 by keeping you from the evil woman , from the smooth tongue of the loose woman .
6:25 Do not lust in your heart for her beauty , and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes ;
6:26 for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread , but the wife of another man preys on your precious life .
6:27 Can a man hold fire against his chest without burning his clothes ?
6:28 Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet ?
6:29 So it is with the one who has sex with his neighbor’s wife ; no one who touches her will escape punishment .
6:30 People do not despise a thief when he steals to fulfill his need when he is hungry .
6:31 Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house .
6:32 A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks wisdom , whoever does it destroys his own life .
6:33 He will be beaten and despised , and his reproach will not be wiped away ;
6:34 for jealousy kindles a husband’s rage , and he will not show mercy when he takes revenge .
6:35 He will not consider any compensation ; he will not be willing , even if you multiply the compensation .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Young Men |
Women |
Adultery |
Children |
Sin |
GAMES |
Imagination |
Lies and Deceits |
Speaking |
Strife |
Abomination |
Word of God |
EYE |
Malice |
Lust |
WISDOM |
Chastity |
Pride |
Temptation |
Theft |
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NET Notes -> Pro 6:16; Pro 6:16; Pro 6:16; Pro 6:17; Pro 6:17; Pro 6:17; Pro 6:18; Pro 6:18; Pro 6:18; Pro 6:19; Pro 6:19; Pro 6:19; Pro 6:19; Pro 6:21; Pro 6:22; Pro 6:22; Pro 6:22; Pro 6:22; Pro 6:23; Pro 6:23; Pro 6:23; Pro 6:23; Pro 6:23; Pro 6:24; Pro 6:24; Pro 6:24; Pro 6:24; Pro 6:25; Pro 6:25; Pro 6:25; Pro 6:26; Pro 6:26; Pro 6:26; Pro 6:27; Pro 6:27; Pro 6:27; Pro 6:27; Pro 6:28; Pro 6:29; Pro 6:29; Pro 6:29; Pro 6:29; Pro 6:29; Pro 6:29; Pro 6:30; Pro 6:30; Pro 6:31; Pro 6:31; Pro 6:31; Pro 6:31; Pro 6:32; Pro 6:32; Pro 6:33; Pro 6:33; Pro 6:34; Pro 6:34; Pro 6:34; Pro 6:35; Pro 6:35; Pro 6:35
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NET Notes: Pro 6:17 The hands are the instruments of murder (metonymy of cause), and God hates bloodshed. Gen 9:6 prohibited shedding blood because people are the image o...
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NET Notes: Pro 6:18 The word “feet” is here a synecdoche, a part for the whole. Being the instruments of movement, they represent the swift and eager actions ...
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NET Notes: Pro 6:19 These seven things the Lord hates. To discover what the Lord desires, one need only list the opposites: humility, truthful speech, preservation of lif...
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NET Notes: Pro 6:21 The figures used here are hypocatastases (implied comparisons). There may also be an allusion to Deut 6 where the people were told to bind the law on ...
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NET Notes: Pro 6:22 The Hebrew verb means “talk” in the sense of “to muse; to complain; to meditate”; cf. TEV, NLT “advise you.” Instr...
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NET Notes: Pro 6:23 Heb “the way of life” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NIV, NLT “the way to life.” The noun “life” is a genitive following th...
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NET Notes: Pro 6:24 The description of the woman as a “strange woman” and now a “loose [Heb “foreign”] woman” is within the context of...
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NET Notes: Pro 6:25 Heb “her eyelids” (so KJV, NASB); NRSV “eyelashes”; TEV “flirting eyes”). This term is a synecdoche of part (eyeli...
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NET Notes: Pro 6:26 These two lines might be an example of synthetic parallelism, that is, “A, what’s more B.” The A-line describes the detrimental mora...
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NET Notes: Pro 6:27 The second colon begins with the vav (ו) disjunctive on the noun, indicating a disjunctive clause; here it is a circumstantial clause.
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NET Notes: Pro 6:28 The particle indicates that this is another rhetorical question like that in v. 27.
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NET Notes: Pro 6:30 Heb “himself” or “his life.” Since the word נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, traditionally “soul̶...
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NET Notes: Pro 6:31 This final clause in the section is somewhat cryptic. The guilty thief must pay back sevenfold what he stole, even if it means he must use the substan...
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NET Notes: Pro 6:32 Heb “soul.” The noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “soul”) functions as a metonymy of association for ...
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NET Notes: Pro 6:33 Even though the text has said that the man caught in adultery ruins his life, it does not mean that he was put to death, although that could have happ...
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NET Notes: Pro 6:34 The verb חָמַל (khamal) means “to show mercy; to show compassion; to show pity,” usually with the outcome of...
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