For the lips of a strange woman drop as a honeycomb, And her mouth is smoother than oil: But her end is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on hell. Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, Her ways are moveable, that … Read more
My son, attend unto my wisdom, And bow thine ear to my understanding: That thou mayest regard discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge. Throughout the book, the need of more than casual attention to the words of wisdom is enforced. To hear with no thought of heeding, is not what is contemplated; but … Read more
Let your eyes look right on, And let your eyelids look straight before you. Ponder the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established. Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove your foot from evil. It is not the mouth only that shows the state of the heart. … Read more
Put away from you a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from you. As it is out of the heart’s abundance that the mouth speaks, mouth and heart are here intimately connected. A froward mouth and perverse lips bespeak one who is not in subjection to God. Where His Word has its place in … Read more
Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life. Here is displayed as scientific knowledge and accuracy far behind the times in which Solomon wrote. The great discovery of Harvey, the circulation of the blood, which revolutionized medical thought, Is here calmly taken for granted, and used to set … Read more
My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh. The Spirit of Christ in the psalmist could say, “Thy word have I … Read more
But the path of the just is as the shining light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day. The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble. Marked is the different thus presented. The path of righteous, leading onward and upward to that city where the glory … Read more
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is your life. Enter not into the path of the wicked, And go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, Turn from it, and pass away. For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; And … Read more
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of your life shall be many. I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths. When you goes, your steps shall not be straitened; And when you run, you shalt not stumble. The book of Ecclesiastes, as … Read more
(Commentary by H.A. Ironside)