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**Through desire, &c.** = Seeking his own pleasure, the recluse (or separatist) breaketh forth (or quarreleth) with everything that is stable.
**intermeddleth** = breaketh forth. Hebrew. *gala'.* See note on "meddle", [Proverbs 17:14](../../../kjv/proverbs/17/14) .
**all wisdom** = everything that is stable. See note on [Proverbs 2:7](../../../kjv/proverbs/2/7) .

**fool.** Hebrew. *keslt.* See note on [Proverbs 1:7](../../../kjv/proverbs/1/7) . Same word as in verses: [Proverbs 18:6](../../../kjv/proverbs/18/6) , [Proverbs 18:7](../../../kjv/proverbs/18/7) ; not the same as in [Proverbs 18:13](../../../kjv/proverbs/18/13) .
**discover** = vent.

**the wicked** = a lawless one. Hebrew. *rasha'.* App-44 .
**ignominy** = disgrace, or shame (i.e. outward).
**reproach** = reproachfulness.

**words.** Hebrew. *dabar.* App-73 .
**wisdom.** Hebrew. *chakmah.* See note on [Proverbs 1:2](../../../kjv/proverbs/1/2) .
**flowing brook** = a gushing torrent. Hebrew. *nahal.*

**not good.** Figure of speech *Tapeinosis* ( App-6 ), meaning it is very bad.
**to accept the person** = to show partiality.
**To.** Repeat the Ellipsis: "[It is not good] to".
**overthrow** = turn aside: i.e. pervert. the righteous = a righteous one.

**lips.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), for what is spoken by them.
**mouth.** See above note. Illustrations: [Judges 8:4-17](../../../kjv/judges/8/4-17) ; 2Ki 2:23 , [2 Kings 2:24](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/24) ; [Luke 19:22](../../../kjv/luke/19/22) .

**soul = own self.** Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .

**talebearer** = whisperer, or tattler.
**are as wounds** = are as dainty morsels: i.e. are greedily swallowed.

**a great waster** = a master of destruction: i.e. an absolute destroyer.

**name** = person. See note on [Psalms 20:1](../../../kjv/psalms/20/1) .
**safe** = set on high. Illustrations: Job ([Job 19:25](../../../kjv/job/19/25) , [Job 19:26](../../../kjv/job/19/26) ); Habakkuk ([Habakkuk 3:17](../../../kjv/habakkuk/3/17) , [Habakkuk 3:19](../../../kjv/habakkuk/3/19) ); Asa ([2 Chronicles 14:11](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/14/11) ); Hezekiah ([2 Kings 19:14-20](../../../kjv/2-kings/19/14-20) , [2 Kings 19:32-35](../../../kjv/2-kings/19/32-35) .[Isaiah 38:1-8](../../../kjv/isaiah/38/1-8); [Isaiah 38:1-8](../../../kjv/isaiah/38/1-8) ); Apostles ([Acts 4:24-33](../../../kjv/acts/4/24-33) ).

**as** = [it is]as.
**conceit** = imagination. See note on [Proverbs 25:11](../../../kjv/proverbs/25/11) .

**is haughty.** Illustration: Jezebel ([2 Kings 9:30-33](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/30-33) ).
**humility.** Compare [Proverbs 15:33](../../../kjv/proverbs/15/33) . Illustration: contrast Goliath ( 1Sa 17:8-10 , [1 Samuel 17:43](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/43) , [1 Samuel 17:44](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/44) ) with [1 Samuel 17:45](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/45) , [1 Samuel 17:47](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/47) .

**before he heareth it.** Illustrations: David ([2 Samuel 16:4](../../../kjv/2-samuel/16/4) ; [2 Samuel 19:24-30](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/24-30) ); Ahasuerus ([Esther 3:10](../../../kjv/esther/3/10) . Compare [Proverbs 8:5](../../../kjv/proverbs/8/5) , &c.); Darius ([Daniel 6:9](../../../kjv/daniel/6/9) . Compare [Proverbs 6:14](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/14) , [Proverbs 6:18](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/18) ); magistrates ([Acts 16:37-39](../../../kjv/acts/16/37-39) ).

**spirit.** Hebrew. *ruach.* App-9 .
**sustain, &c.** Illustrations: Job ([Job 1:20](../../../kjv/job/1/20) , [Job 1:21](../../../kjv/job/1/21) ; [Job 2:8](../../../kjv/job/2/8) , [Job 2:9](../../../kjv/job/2/9) , [Job 2:10](../../../kjv/job/2/10) ); Paul ([2 Corinthians 12:9](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/12/9) . [Acts 22:24](../../../kjv/acts/22/24) .[Romans 5:3-5](../../../kjv/romans/5/3-5); [Romans 5:3-5](../../../kjv/romans/5/3-5) ); Paul and Silas ([Acts 16:23-25](../../../kjv/acts/16/23-25) , [Acts 16:37](../../../kjv/acts/16/37) ).
**who can bear?** Illustrations: Cain ([Genesis 4:13](../../../kjv/genesis/4/13) , [Genesis 4:14](../../../kjv/genesis/4/14) ); Eli's daughter-inlaw ([1 Samuel 4:19-22](../../../kjv/1-samuel/4/19-22) . Compare [Proverbs 15:13](../../../kjv/proverbs/15/13) ); Saul ([1 Samuel 28:20](../../../kjv/1-samuel/28/20) ; [2 Samuel 1:9](../../../kjv/2-samuel/1/9) ); Ahithophel ([2 Samuel 17:23](../../../kjv/2-samuel/17/23) ); Zimri ([1 Kings 16:18](../../../kjv/1-kings/16/18) ); Pashur ([Jeremiah 20:4](../../../kjv/jeremiah/20/4) ); Judas ([Matthew 27:5](../../../kjv/matthew/27/5) ).

**the prudent** = a prudent one.
**the wise** = wise ones.

**man's.** Hebrew. *'adam.* App-14 .

**first in his own cause.** Illustrations: Saul ([1 Samuel 15:13](../../../kjv/1-samuel/15/13) . Compare Pro 18:26 ); Ziba ([2 Samuel 16:1-3](../../../kjv/2-samuel/16/1-3) . Compare [Proverbs 19:26](../../../kjv/proverbs/19/26) ).

**offended** = dealt falsely with.

**power.** Hebrew "hand", put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), App-6 , for the power put forth by it.
**the tongue.** Illustrations: the ten spies ([Numbers 14:36](../../../kjv/numbers/14/36) , [Numbers 14:37](../../../kjv/numbers/14/37) ); Doeg ([1 Samuel 22:9](../../../kjv/1-samuel/22/9) , [1 Samuel 22:10](../../../kjv/1-samuel/22/10) ); Sennacherib ([2 Kings 18:28](../../../kjv/2-kings/18/28) , [2 Kings 18:35](../../../kjv/2-kings/18/35) ; [2 Kings 19:22-35](../../../kjv/2-kings/19/22-35) . [2 Chronicles 32:21](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/32/21) ); Ammonites ([Ezekiel 25:3-7](../../../kjv/ezekiel/25/3-7) ); Sapphira ([Acts 5:5-10](../../../kjv/acts/5/5-10) ); Esther ([Esther 7](../../../kjv/esther/7) and [Esther 8](../../../kjv/esther/8) ); Paul ([Acts 16:28-34](../../../kjv/acts/16/28-34) ); the Gospel ([Romans 1:16](../../../kjv/romans/1/16) . [2 Corinthians 2:16](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/2/16) ).

**a wife.** Some codices, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read, "a good wife". Compare [Proverbs 19:14](../../../kjv/proverbs/19/14) .

**The poor** = a needy one. Hebrew. *rush* . See note on [Proverbs 6:11](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/11) .

**A man.** A special various reading called *sevir* reads *yesh,* instead of *ish* , which means "there is", or "there are "instead of "a man". It occurs three times: here, [2 Samuel 14:19](../../../kjv/2-samuel/14/19) , and [Micah 6:10](../../../kjv/micah/6/10) .
**friends.** Hebrew. *re'im =* feeders, from *ra'ah* to feed ([Psalms 23:1](../../../kjv/psalms/23/1) , shepherd).
**must shew himself friendly** = who break in pieces. Hebrew. *Hithipolel* of *ra'a'* ( App-44 .)
**there is.** Hebrew. *yesh,* as in preceding line.
**a friend** = a lover (who loves "without cause"). Note the Figure of speech *Paronomasia* ( App-6 ) in these words, which may be thus represented in English: "There *are friends* who *rend* us, But there is a *lover* who is closer than a *brother.* "

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