Proverbs 22:17--23:11
Incline <05186> [Bow.]
listen <08085> [and hear.]
apply <07896> [apply.]
pleasing <05273> [it is.]
<0990 03162> [within thee. Heb. within thy belly.]
ready <03559> [fitted.]
confidence <04009> [thy.]
[even to thee. or, trust thou also.]
show <03045> [I.]
give ... answers <07725> [answer.]
sent <07971> [them that send unto thee. or, those that send thee.]
exploit <01497> [Rob.]
crush <01792> [oppress.]
court <08179> [in the gate.]
That is, in the court of justice, which, as we have already seen, was held at the gates of cities in the East.
<03068> [the Lord.]
robbing them <06906> [spoil.]
move <05253> [remove.]
boundary <01366> [landmark. or, bound.]
person <0376> [a man.]
position ......... position <03320> [he shall stand.]
That is, he shall have the honour of serving kings; as the phrase denotes.
obscure <02823> [mean men. Heb. obscure men.]
wear ... out <03021> [Labour.]
restrain <02308> [cease.]
gaze ............... fly <05774> [thou.]
gaze ... riches ............. fly <05869 05774> [set thine eyes upon. Heb. cause thine eyes to fly upon, etc.]
"He expresses it in such a way," says Abp. Tillotson, "as if a rich man sat brooding over an estate till it was fledged, and gotten itself wings to fly away."
make <06213> [that which.]
make <06213> [riches.]
stingy <07451> [an.]
crave <0183> [desire.]
calculating <08176> [as.]
Eat <0398> [Eat.]
speak <01696> [Speak.]
despise <0936> [he.]
move <05253> [Remove.]
boundary <01366> [landmark. or, bound. fatherless.]
