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**My son.** See note on [Proverbs 1:8](../../../kjv/proverbs/1/8) .
**if.** This word should be supplied at the beginning of each line in [Proverbs 6:2](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/2) , as well as in [Proverbs 6:1](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/1) .
**friend** = neighbour.
**stricken thy hand.** Idiom for making a contract. Compare [Job 17:3](../../../kjv/job/17/3) .
**stranger** = an apostate. Hebrew. *zur.* See note on [Proverbs 5:3](../../../kjv/proverbs/5/3) .

**words** = sayings. Hebrew. *'imrah.* App-73 .

**deliver** = rescue.

**hand.** Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac read "snare".

**in the summer.** True of Eastern ants.

**poverty** = need. There are six words rendered poor or poverty in Proverbs: (1) *rush* = in want of necessaries of life ([Proverbs 6:11](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/11) ; [Proverbs 10:4](../../../kjv/proverbs/10/4) , [Proverbs 10:15](../../../kjv/proverbs/10/15) ; [Proverbs 13:7](../../../kjv/proverbs/13/7) , [Proverbs 13:8](../../../kjv/proverbs/13/8) , [Proverbs 13:18](../../../kjv/proverbs/13/18) , [Proverbs 13:23](../../../kjv/proverbs/13/23) ; [Proverbs 14:20](../../../kjv/proverbs/14/20) ; [Proverbs 17:5](../../../kjv/proverbs/17/5) ; [Proverbs 18:23](../../../kjv/proverbs/18/23) ; [Proverbs 19:1](../../../kjv/proverbs/19/1) , [Proverbs 19:7](../../../kjv/proverbs/19/7) , [Proverbs 19:22](../../../kjv/proverbs/19/22) ; [Proverbs 22:2](../../../kjv/proverbs/22/2) , [Proverbs 22:7](../../../kjv/proverbs/22/7) ; [Proverbs 24:34](../../../kjv/proverbs/24/34) ; [Proverbs 28:3](../../../kjv/proverbs/28/3) , [Proverbs 28:6](../../../kjv/proverbs/28/6) , [Proverbs 28:19](../../../kjv/proverbs/28/19) , [Proverbs 28:27](../../../kjv/proverbs/28/27) ; [Proverbs 29:13](../../../kjv/proverbs/29/13) ; [Proverbs 30:8](../../../kjv/proverbs/30/8) ; [Proverbs 31:7](../../../kjv/proverbs/31/7) ). (2) *dal =* impoverished, reduced ([Proverbs 10:15](../../../kjv/proverbs/10/15) ; [Proverbs 14:31](../../../kjv/proverbs/14/31) ; [Proverbs 19:4](../../../kjv/proverbs/19/4) , [Proverbs 19:17](../../../kjv/proverbs/19/17) ; [Proverbs 22:9](../../../kjv/proverbs/22/9) , [Proverbs 22:16](../../../kjv/proverbs/22/16) , [Proverbs 22:22](../../../kjv/proverbs/22/22) , [Proverbs 22:22](../../../kjv/proverbs/22/22) ; [Proverbs 28:3](../../../kjv/proverbs/28/3) , [Proverbs 8:11](../../../kjv/proverbs/8/11) , [Proverbs 8:15](../../../kjv/proverbs/8/15) ; [Proverbs 29:7](../../../kjv/proverbs/29/7) , [Proverbs 29:14](../../../kjv/proverbs/29/14) ). (3) *hes* er = in want ([Proverbs 11:24](../../../kjv/proverbs/11/24) ; [Proverbs 21:17](../../../kjv/proverbs/21/17) ; [Proverbs 28:22](../../../kjv/proverbs/28/22) ). (4) *'anah* = wretched ([Proverbs 14:21](../../../kjv/proverbs/14/21) ). (5) *'ebyon =* destitute, helpless; deficient in will and wealth ([Proverbs 14:31](../../../kjv/proverbs/14/31) ). (6) *yarash =* dispossessed ([Proverbs 20:13](../../../kjv/proverbs/20/13) ; [Proverbs 23:21](../../../kjv/proverbs/23/21) ; [Proverbs 30:9](../../../kjv/proverbs/30/9) ).
**as one that travelleth** = as a highwayman.
**as an armed man** = as a man with a shield. Compare Pro 21:33 , Pro 21:34 .
**man.** Hebrew. *'ish* . App-14 .

**naughty person.** Hebrew a man of Belial = a worthless person. Like Anglo-Saxon *na* (= no, or not) and *wiht* (= a thing) = a thing of naught: i.e. worthless.
**wicked.** Hebrew. *'aven.* App-44 .
**froward** = perverse. Same word as in [Proverbs 4:24](../../../kjv/proverbs/4/24) ; [Proverbs 11:20](../../../kjv/proverbs/11/20) ; [Proverbs 17:20](../../../kjv/proverbs/17/20) ; [Proverbs 22:5](../../../kjv/proverbs/22/5) . Not the same as elsewhere in Proverbs.

**Frowardness** = Deceitfulness. See note on [Proverbs 2:12](../../../kjv/proverbs/2/12) . The same word as in [Proverbs 2:12](../../../kjv/proverbs/2/12) , [Proverbs 2:14](../../../kjv/proverbs/2/14) ; [Proverbs 8:13](../../../kjv/proverbs/8/13) ; [Proverbs 10:31](../../../kjv/proverbs/10/31) , [Proverbs 10:32](../../../kjv/proverbs/10/32) ; [Proverbs 16:28](../../../kjv/proverbs/16/28) , [Proverbs 16:30](../../../kjv/proverbs/16/30) . Not the same as elsewhere in Proverbs.
**soweth** = casteth forth [as seed].

**six things.** Epitomising verses: [Proverbs 6:12-14](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/12-14) ( App-10 ).
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .
**Yea, seven.** Figure of speech *Epanorthosis.* App-6 . To imply that the list is not exhausted.
**abomination.** See note on [Proverbs 3:32](../../../kjv/proverbs/3/32) .
**unto Him** = unto His soul. Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .

**A proud look** = eyes lifted up. Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Part), App-6 , put for pride, which is indicated by this act. This is the first, and the others proceed downward; "eyes", "tongue", "hands", "heart", "feet", and then the whole man.

**them.** This is masculine, and cannot refer to the two, above. Does it refer to the "words" and "sayings" of [Proverbs 4:20](../../../kjv/proverbs/4/20) ?

**it** = she: referring to the "commandment" or "law" of [Proverbs 6:20](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/20) , which are feminine.
**sleepest** = liest down.
**talk** = commune. Three, the number of Divine completeness ( App-10 ). Not four (as some suppose) and one "dropped out"!

**law is light.** Figure of speech *Paronomasia* ( App-6 ), *v. torah 'or.* In Latin it would be similar: *Lex est lux.*
**reproofs of instruction** = what is directed. Compare [Proverbs 6:20](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/20) .
**way of life** = way to life: i.e. life eternal. See note on [Leviticus 18:5](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/5) .

**evil.** Hebrew. *ra'a'.* App-44 .
**strange woman** = alien, or foreign woman. Hebrew. *nakar.* See note on [Proverbs 5:3](../../../kjv/proverbs/5/3) .

**the . . . life** = the soul. Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .

**Can a man . . . ?** Figure of speech *Paroemia.* App-6 .
**take** = shovel up.

**despise.** Hebrew. *buz* (from *bazah),* is here followed by (-L) = for. Render it therefore: "Men will not think it a trifle (or a light matter) for a thief that he should steal: [even] to satisfy", &c. . . . So if he be found, &c.
**soul.** Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .

**But whoso** = How much more he who.
**understanding.** Hebrew = heart: put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Subject), App-6 , for understanding.

**a man** = a strong man. Hebrew. *geber.* App-14 . Here, it is used of the jealous husband.

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