Proverbs 6

1:2 instruction; (i-5) ‘Wisdom’ here and in ver. 7 is chokmah . ‘Instruction’ means also, ‘correction,’ ‘warning,’ ‘discipline,’ Job 36:10 .

Proverbs 6:1

6:1 friend, (e-10) Or ’neighbour.’ so in ver. 3.

Proverbs 6:3

6:3 thyself, (f-21) Or ‘submit thyself,’ as Psalms 68:30 . with (g-25) A rare strong word implying fierceness – to be moved violently. Translated ’encourage,’ Psalms 138:3 ; ‘overcome,’ Son 6:5 ; ‘insolent,’ Isaiah 3:5 . The insistence would be to get him to discharge the debt at once.

Proverbs 6:11

6:11 plunderer, (h-9) Or ‘a tramp.’

Proverbs 6:12

6:12 perverse (i-15) Or ‘perverted.’ Lit. ‘perverseness of,’ as ch. 4.24.

Proverbs 6:14

6:14 soweth (k-13) Lit. ‘sendeth out’ – intensive – so ver. 19, ch. 16.28.

Proverbs 6:16

6:16 him. (l-13) Lit. ‘of his soul.’

Proverbs 6:19

6:19 uttereth (m-5) Lit. ’that breatheth out.’ see Psalms 27:12 .

Proverbs 6:23

6:23 instruction (n-15) Or ‘discipline.’

Proverbs 6:24

6:24 flattery (o-10) Lit. ‘smoothness.’ see ch. 7.5,21.

Proverbs 6:32

6:32 understanding. (a-10) Or ‘senseless.’ strictly, ’lacking heart,’ and so often.

Proverbs 6:34

6:34 man, (b-8) Geber . see Job 3:3 .