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**Be not thou envious** = Do not get excited. Compare [Proverbs 23:17](../../../kjv/proverbs/23/17) .

**mischief.** Hebrew. *'amal.* App-44 . Not the same word as in [Proverbs 24:8](../../../kjv/proverbs/24/8) and [Proverbs 24:16](../../../kjv/proverbs/24/16) .

**wisdom.** Hebrew. *chakmah.* See note on [Proverbs 1:2](../../../kjv/proverbs/1/2) .

**chambers** = inner chambers.

**A wise man, &c.** = A strong man [if wise] is strong indeed. Aramaean, Syriac, and Septuagint read "[Better] a wise man than a mighty".
**man.** Hebrew. *geber.* App-14 .
**increaseth strength.** Aram, and Syriac read "than one who is strong".

**multitude, &c.** But they must all be "counsellors". Compare [Proverbs 11:10](../../../kjv/proverbs/11/10) with [Proverbs 15:22](../../../kjv/proverbs/15/22) .

**Wisdom.** Hebrew, plural = true wisdom. See notes on [Proverbs 1:20](../../../kjv/proverbs/1/20) ; [Proverbs 9:1](../../../kjv/proverbs/9/1) ; and Compare [Proverbs 14:1](../../../kjv/proverbs/14/1) .
**is too high** = seems to be, or is regarded as coral: i.e. as an ornament costly, and, to him, unattainable. Occurs three times (here, [Job 28:18](../../../kjv/job/28/18) , and [Ezekiel 27:16](../../../kjv/ezekiel/27/16) ).
**fool.** Hebrew. *'evil.* See note on [Proverbs 1:7](../../../kjv/proverbs/1/7) .
**openeth not his mouth in the gate:** i.e. where the judges sit. A fool is not appointed as a judge.

**mischievous person** = a genius at plots. Hebrew. *zimmah* = plots. Not the same word as in [Proverbs 24:2](../../../kjv/proverbs/24/2) and [Proverbs 24:16](../../../kjv/proverbs/24/16) .

**thought, &c.** Compare [Proverbs 4:23](../../../kjv/proverbs/4/23) .[Job 1:5](../../../kjv/job/1/5) .[Jeremiah 4:14](../../../kjv/jeremiah/4/14) .[Matthew 9:3](../../../kjv/matthew/9/3) , [Matthew 9:4](../../../kjv/matthew/9/4) ; [Matthew 15:19](../../../kjv/matthew/15/19) , [Matthew 15:20](../../../kjv/matthew/15/20) .
**foolishness** = the foolish. Hebrew. *'evil* ([Proverbs 24:7](../../../kjv/proverbs/24/7) ).
**sin.** Hebrew. *chata'.* App-44 .
**scorner** = scoffer.
**men.** Hebrew. *'adam.* App-14 . Same word as in verses: [Proverbs 24:12](../../../kjv/proverbs/24/12) , [Proverbs 24:30](../../../kjv/proverbs/24/30) .

**If thou faint, &c.** Adversity is sent to try our strength; and, if we fail, it is proved to be weakness. Illustrations: Jacob ([Genesis 42:36](../../../kjv/genesis/42/36) ); David ([1 Samuel 27:1](../../../kjv/1-samuel/27/1) ); Elijah ([1 Kings 19:3](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/3) , [1 Kings 19:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/4) ); Jonah ([Jonah 4:8](../../../kjv/jonah/4/8) ).

**If thou forbear.** This is counsel for a ruler or judge, and is FOR Solomon. See the Structure (p. 891). Illustrations: Doeg ([1 Samuel 22:18](../../../kjv/1-samuel/22/18) ); Pilate ([Luke 23:22-24](../../../kjv/luke/23/22-24) ).
**deliver** = snatch, or rescue.
**drawn, &c.** = being taken to execution.

**knew it not** = we knew not of it.
**soul.** Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .

**My son.** Confirming the Structure (p. 891).

**cut off.** Compare [Proverbs 24:20](../../../kjv/proverbs/24/20) with [Proverbs 23:18](../../../kjv/proverbs/23/18) .

**wicked** = lawless. Hebrew. *rasha'.* App-44 . (singular), [Proverbs 24:16](../../../kjv/proverbs/24/16) (plural)
**the righteous** = a just one.

**just** = righteous.
**the wicked** = lawless ones.
**mischief** = calamity. Hebrew. *ra'a'.* Not the same word as in [Proverbs 24:2](../../../kjv/proverbs/24/2) and [Proverbs 24:8](../../../kjv/proverbs/24/8) .

**Rejoice not.** Illustrations: Tyre ([Ezekiel 26:2-6](../../../kjv/ezekiel/26/2-6) ); Ammon ([Ezekiel 25:6](../../../kjv/ezekiel/25/6) ); David ([2 Samuel 1:11](../../../kjv/2-samuel/1/11) , [2 Samuel 1:12](../../../kjv/2-samuel/1/12) ). Compare [Psalms 35:13](../../../kjv/psalms/35/13) , [Psalms 35:14](../../../kjv/psalms/35/14) ); Jeremiah ([Jeremiah 9:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/1) ); Edom ([Obadiah 1:11-14](../../../kjv/obadiah/1/11-14) ).

**from him.** Supply Ellipsis, "from him [to thee]".

**Fret not** = Chafe not thyself. Compare [Psalms 37:1](../../../kjv/psalms/37/1) , [Psalms 37:7](../../../kjv/psalms/37/7) , [Psalms 37:8](../../../kjv/psalms/37/8) .
**evil men** = evil-doers. Compare [Psalms 37:1](../../../kjv/psalms/37/1) , [Psalms 37:7](../../../kjv/psalms/37/7) , [Psalms 37:8](../../../kjv/psalms/37/8) . Same word as in [Proverbs 24:8](../../../kjv/proverbs/24/8) .
**envious** = excited.
**the wicked** = lawless ones.

**reward** = posterity, or future.
**candle** = lamp. The idiom is used for having no posterity.

**meddle not** = mingle not, i.e. have nothing to do with.
**them that are given to change** = with them that make a difference [between a wicked king and a wicked common man].

**their:** i.e. the king and a common man.
**calamity** = overthrow.
**ruin** = catastrophe.
**both:** i.e. the two who are the subjects of this counsel.

**belong to** = are [the words of] the wise (plural) See the Structure, p. 891, and note on [Proverbs 22:17](../../../kjv/proverbs/22/17) .

**the wicked.** Unto a wicked [king]: i.e. as well as to an ordinary man.
**wicked** = lawless. Hebrew. *rasha'.* App-44 .
**people** = peoples.

**rebuke him:** i.e. rebuke a wicked king.

**kiss his lips** = do homage with his lips to him.
**right** = straightforward.

**deceive.** Hebrew. *pathah.* See note on [Proverbs 11:18](../../../kjv/proverbs/11/18) .

**as** = according as.
**understanding.** Hebrew "heart": put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 , for the discernment coming from it. See note on [Proverbs 1:2](../../../kjv/proverbs/1/2) .

**saw** = gazed.
**considered it well** = set my heart upon it.

**poverty** = need. Hebrew. *rush.* See note on [Proverbs 6:11](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/11) .
**an armed man** = a man with a shield.

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