01.08. Old Testament -- Ezra - Proverbs
Old Testament -- Ezra - Proverbs by H A Ironside
Ezra Ezra 1:1-11; Ezra 2:1-70 The return of the remnant.
Ezra 1:7-11 Separating the vessels to honor from the vessels to dishonor. 2 Timothy 2:1-26.
Ezra 2:28 Where Abraham built his altar and pitched his tent so long before.
Ezra 2:59 Uncertain as to their pedigree.
Ezra 2:62 Certainty required.
Ezra 3:1-13 The work of rebuilding begun.
Ezra 3:3 The altar first!
Ezra 3:6 The house of God next.
Ezra 3:11-12 Young men are enthusiastic for the present and future. Aged men are apt to be retrospective.
Ezra 4:1-24 Opposition from the enemy.
Ezra 4:2 The enemy attempts to hinder—offer of amalgamation.
Ezra 4:4 Weakening the hands.
Ezra 4:5 Hiring counsellors against them.
Ezra 4:8-10 Opposition of the heterodox “societies” to the building of the Temple to the Lord alone.
Ezra 4:12 Misrepresentation. They were building the Temple.
Ezra 4:23 Stopping the work by force.
Ezra 5:1-17; Ezra 6:1-22 The work resumed.
Ezra 5:1 The Books of Haggai and Zechariah come in here.
Ezra 5:5 A second letter that proved a boomerang.
Ezra 5:17 All Israel—even though so many scattered.
Ezra 7:1-28; Ezra 8:1-36 Ezra’s return.
Ezra 7:10 Note the character of Ezra’s preparation. Contrast with King Rehoboam. 2 Chronicles 12:14.
Ezra 8:21-22 Contrast Nehemiah 2:9.
Ezra 8:29 “That good deposit keep.”
Ezra 8:33 The treasure weighed at the end of the journey, nothing lost on the way.
Ezra 9:1-15; Ezra 10:1-44 Ezra’s ministry.
Ezra 9:1 In the right position but a wrong condition.
Ezra 9:5 Ezra’s prayer. Compare with Nehemiah 9:1-38 and Daniel 9:1-27.
Ezra 10:2 Shechaniah—this man had to join in putting away his own mother or stepmother—see Ezra 10:26.
Ezra 10:26 Jehiel—father of Shechaniah of Ezra 10:2.
Nehemiah An Exercised Man—Building the wall-Separation maintained.
Nehemiah 1:1-11 Jerusalem’s needy condition. Nehemiah’s call.
Nehemiah 1:11 The great king is but “this man” before God.
Nehemiah 2:1-20 Nehemiah’s commission to restore and build the city. “The failed testimony.”
Nehemiah 2:1 in the month Nisan—generally reckoned as Passover season B.C. 446, when the “command went forth to restore and build Jerusalem.”
Nehemiah 2:12 Conferring not with flesh and blood.
Nehemiah 2:19 Opposition on the part of the enemy. (1) Ridicule.
Nehemiah 3:1-32 Building of the wall. The gates of Jerusalem—note that both the gate of Ephraim and prison gate are not mentioned here. Nehemiah 12:39.
Nehemiah 3:1 The sheep gate. tower of Hananeel—a marked spot to be rediscovered in the last days. See Jeremiah 31:38; Zechariah 14:10.
Nehemiah 3:3 The fish gate.
Nehemiah 3:6 The old gate. Through this the old way entered. See Jeremiah 6:16.
Nehemiah 3:13 The valley gate.
Nehemiah 3:14 The dung gate.
Nehemiah 3:15 Gate of the fountain.
Nehemiah 3:25 The court of the prison—discipline must be maintained.
Nehemiah 3:26 The water gate.
Nehemiah 3:28 The horse gate.
Nehemiah 3:29 The east gate.
Nehemiah 3:30 over against his chamber—evidently a lonely man in a room.
Nehemiah 3:31 The gate Miphkad—decisions.
Nehemiah 4:1-2 Opposition. (2) Mockery, intimidation.
Nehemiah 4:7-8 Opposition. (3) Open warfare.
Nehemiah 5:1 Opposition. (4) Internal dissension.
Nehemiah 5:14 Compare with Paul who labored for his support rather than use his right as an apostle.
Nehemiah 5:16 No real estate deals.
Nehemiah 6:1-19 Plots and snares.
Nehemiah 6:2 Opposition. (5) Plotting and slander.
Nehemiah 6:10 Opposition. (6) Attempts at intimidation.
Nehemiah 7:1-73 Restoring order.
Nehemiah 7:64-65 “The Lord knoweth them that are His.”
Nehemiah 8:1-18 The great Bible reading.
Nehemiah 8:4 Only place the word “pulpit” is found in the English Bible.
Nehemiah 8:17-18 Unobserved for 1,000 years, still it was in the Book.
Nehemiah 9:1-38 The Word and prayer.
Note—Three ninth chapters are devoted to confession:
Ezra 9:1-15—Daniel 9:1-27—Nehemiah 9:1-38.
Nehemiah 9:3 The Word to judge their ways. Result—confession.
Nehemiah 9:20 The Holy Spirit in the wilderness.
Nehemiah 9:30 The Holy Spirit speaking through the prophets—2 Peter 1:21.
Nehemiah 10:1-39 A new start.
Nehemiah 11:1-36 A willing people.
Nehemiah 12:1-47 Dedication of the wall.
Nehemiah 12:11 Jaddua—the high priest in the days of Alexander the Great.
Nehemiah 12:39 Gate of Ephraim and the prison gate.
Nehemiah 13:1-31 Vigilance vs. declension.
Nehemiah 13:4 An unequal yoke— “what agreement hath the temple of God with idols?”
Esther The Book of Providence—God’s secret care over Israel. See Isaiah 45:15. Where do we find Esther in the law? “I will hide myself.” The name of God not found in this Book.
Esther 1:1-22 The royal feast and the divorce of Vashti.
Esther 2:1-23 The choice of Esther.
Esther 2:18 See the “according to’s” of Ephesians.
Esther 3:1-15 The wrath of the Amalekite and the letter of doom.
Esther 4:1-17 In sackcloth and ashes.
Esther 4:3 [last part] Symbols of repentance.
Esther 4:4 A change of habits will not deliver from the sentence of condemnation.
Esther 4:16 No mention of prayer as the name of God is omitted.
Esther 5:1-14 The scepter of grace—The banquet and the gallows.
Esther 6:1-14 A sleepless night and its results.
Esther 6:6 Pride goeth before destruction.
Esther 7:1-10 The second banquet and the Amalekite’s end.
Esther 8:1-17 The despised man exalted and the decree of grace.
Esther 8:9 The post of mercy.
Esther 8:14 Hastened on their way with the good news!
Esther 9:1-19 The deliverance.
Esther 9:20-32 The institution of Purim.
Esther 10:1-3 Speaking peace.
Job “A righteous man learning his own nothingness” S.R. The Book of Repentance. Also the mystery of suffering.
Job 1:1-22; Job 2:1-13 Historical prologue.
The testing of Job by Satan.
Job, an historical character. See Ezekiel 14:14
Job 3:1-26; Job 4:1-21; Job 5:1-27; Job 6:1-30; Job 7:1-21; Job 8:1-22; Job 9:1-35; Job 10:1-22; Job 11:1-20; Job 12:1-25; Job 13:1-28; Job 14:1-22; Job 15:1-35; Job 16:1-22; Job 17:1-16; Job 18:1-21; Job 19:1-29; Job 20:1-29; Job 21:1-34; Job 22:1-30; Job 23:1-17; Job 24:1-25; Job 25:1-6; Job 26:1-14; Job 27:1-23; Job 28:1-28; Job 29:1-25; Job 30:1-31; Job 31:1-40; Job 32:1-22; Job 33:1-33; Job 34:1-37; Job 35:1-16; Job 36:1-33; Job 37:1-24; Job 38:1-41; Job 39:1-30; Job 40:1-24; Job 41:1-34 The drama. Job’s contention with his friends and the Lord’s answer.
Job 4:7 Note the philosophy of Eliphaz: the righteous are preserved from disaster. Such only comes upon the wicked!
Job 4:17 i.e., Men punish evildoers—so with God.
Job 5:17-18 All very true but not applicable to Job in these circumstances.
Job 6:22-23 Job asked no favor of them.
Job 9:2 Answered in the Epistle to the Romans.
Job 9:9 Astronomy known to Job. Job 26:13; Job 38:31-32.
Job 9:13-15 Job would not have the presumption to plead his righteousness, as merit—but he feels God should shew mercy when he is not consciously guilty of any wilful sin.
Job 9:22 For a moment Job falls back on a hard fatalistic philosophy, but he cannot rest in this.
Job 9:29 i.e., Why should I care to justify myself, if I am a wicked, godless man?
Job 10:22 Description of Sheol as Job understood it.
Job 11:1-20 Zophar, the stern legalist. “So much sin, so much suffering.”
Job 11:3 lies—“sophistries.”
Job 11:3-4 “If God be for us, who can be against us?”
Job 11:14-17 Zophar’s philosophy is very simple: be good and God will bless with all temporal mercies.
Job 12:6 It is not always the good who have temporal prosperity.
Job 13:7 A Welsh collier was wont to say to his Bible class as they reasoned about the Scriptures: “Be careful, lads, that you keep the character of God clear.”
Job 13:15 Trust in God coupled with self-righteousness.
Job 15:20 This is often true of the godly also.
Job 21:7 The wicked not invariably recompensed in this life.
Job 21:13 “In a moment.” See 1 Corinthians 15:52.
Job 22:15-16 The Antediluvians.
Job 23:10 Confidence where he cannot understand. A sense of moral integrity.
Job 24:12 Many who are guilty of the very offences charged against Job yet seem to be prospered by God.
Job 27:13-23 Job sums up all that they have declared to be the portion ana1hema of the wicked—then proceeds to show that this cannot be applied to him.
Job 28:22 The wisdom of God displayed in the Cross.
Job 29:1-25; Job 30:1-31; Job 31:1-40 I, me, my, mine over 195 times. Job’s confidence before he saw the Lord.
Job 29:1-6 Job’s former estate in the home.
Job 29:7-10 Abroad.
Job 29:11-17 His benevolence extolled.
Job 29:18-20 His confidence.
Job 29:21-25 His philanthropy.
Job 30:1-31 Job’s wretched condition at the time his friends called upon him.
Job 30:1-8 Mocked.
Job 30:9-12 Scorned.
Job 30:13-15 Persecuted.
Job 30:16-19 Suffering.
Job 30:20-23 No answer from God.
Job 30:24-27 Absolute misery.
Job 30:28-31 Utter desolation.
Job 31:1-40 Job’s insistence on his own righteousness.
Job 31:1-12 Chaste and upright.
Job 31:13-23 Kind to all.
Job 31:24-28 Sound in faith.
Job 31:29-32 Friendly and hospitable.
Job 31:33-34 Straightforward and fearless.
Job 31:35-40 His challenge to God and man.
Job 32:1-22 God is holy and merciful—whatever our experiences may seem to prove.
Job 33:7-9 God’s purpose in chastening vindicated.
Job 33:13 God’s ways are inscrutable.
Job 34:12, Job 34:23 God’s dealings ethically right.
Job 34:31-32 Exercise under discipline. See Amos 7:9; Hebrews 12:5.
Job 35:7 Man makes a great mistake when he makes himself the center of things—instead of God.
Job 35:14 Trust where you cannot trace!
Job 36:5-12 Elihu epitomises the teaching of Job’s three friends—and shows that Job himself has held the same philosophy and has actually justified himself rather than God.
Job 36:24 “Whatever else you do keep the character of God clear!”
Job 37:1 Thunderstorm is approaching!
Job 37:5 This should teach us humility!
Job 37:12 All nature under God’s control—yet all inexplicable.
Job 37:13 So with all His dealings with men.
Job 38:1-41; Job 39:1-30; Job 40:1-24; Job 41:1-34 Jehovah speaks. A whirlwind comes across the desert and the voice of God speaks out of it. God asks Job 79 or 80 questions he cannot answer.
Job 38:22-23 i.e., The wars of the elements—and God has at times used these very things for the defeat or victory of armies.
Job 38:31 Astronomy testifies to the power and wisdom of God. Job 9:9.
Job 40:4-5 Job’s first answer to Jehovah’s challenge.
Job 40:8 Shall man question God’s righteousness if affliction comes upon him?
Job 42:1-6 Job’s second and last answer—”The end of the Lord.”
Job 42:16 Job lived in the patriarchal age before life was shortened as now.
Psalms
Book 1 Psalms 1:1-6, Psalms 2:1-12, Psalms 3:1-8; Psalms 4:1-8; Psalms 5:1-12; Psalms 6:1-10; Psalms 7:1-17; Psalms 8:1-9, Psalms 9:1-20; Psalms 10:1-18; Psalms 11:1-7; Psalms 12:1-8; Psalms 13:1-6; Psalms 14:1-7; Psalms 15:1-5, Psalms 16:1-11; Psalms 17:1-15; Psalms 18:1-50; Psalms 19:1-14; Psalms 20:1-9; Psalms 21:1-13; Psalms 22:1-31; Psalms 23:1-6; Psalms 24:1-10; Psalms 25:1-22; Psalms 26:1-12; Psalms 27:1-14; Psalms 28:1-9; Psalms 29:1-11; Psalms 30:1-12; Psalms 31:1-24; Psalms 32:1-11; Psalms 33:1-22; Psalms 34:1-22; Psalms 35:1-28; Psalms 36:1-12; Psalms 37:1-40; Psalms 38:1-22; Psalms 39:1-13; Psalms 40:1-17; Psalms 41:1-13 Divine Principles—The Genesis Book—The Counsels of God as to Christ.
Psalms 1:1-6; Psalms 2:1-12; Psalms 3:1-8; Psalms 4:1-8; Psalms 5:1-12; Psalms 6:1-10; Psalms 7:1-17; Psalms 8:1-9 The anointed King—rejected by Israel—owned as Son of Man.
Psalms 1:1-6; Psalms 2:1-12, Psalms 8:1-9 messianic.
Psalms 1:5 stand—Standing—ability to abide divine scrutiny. See Psalms 5:5.
Psalms 2:1-3 The voice of the world.
Psalms 2:4-6 The voice of the Father.
Psalms 2:7-9 The voice of the Son.
Psalms 2:10-12 The voice of the Spirit.
Psalms 9:1-20; Psalms 10:1-18; Psalms 11:1-7; Psalms 12:1-8; Psalms 13:1-6; Psalms 14:1-7; Psalms 15:1-5 Antichrist and the enemy of God—the eventual victory over the powers of evil.
Psalms 16:1-11; Psalms 17:1-15; Psalms 18:1-50; Psalms 19:1-14; Psalms 20:1-9; Psalms 21:1-13; Psalms 22:1-31; Psalms 23:1-6; Psalms 24:1-10; Psalms 25:1-22; Psalms 26:1-12; Psalms 27:1-14; Psalms 28:1-9; Psalms 29:1-11; Psalms 30:1-12; Psalms 31:1-24; Psalms 32:1-11; Psalms 33:1-22; Psalms 34:1-22; Psalms 35:1-28; Psalms 36:1-12; Psalms 37:1-40; Psalms 38:1-22; Psalms 39:1-13; Psalms 40:1-17; Psalms 41:1-13 Christ in the midst of Israel—God manifested.
Psalms 16:1-11, Psalms 17:1-15, Psalms 18:1-50, Psalms 21:1-13, Psalms 22:1-31, Psalms 23:1-6, Psalms 24:1-10, Psalms 40:1-17, Psalms 41:1-13 messianic. The perfect meal offering. Christ as the Dependent Man here on the earth.
Psalms 16:5 my cup—See Psalms 23:5.
Psalms 18:14 Dwellers on the earth. See Php 3:1-21.
Psalms 18:17 His mighty power which He wrought in Christ when He raised Him from the dead.
Psalms 19:1-6 The testimony of God’s works in creation.
Psalms 19:7-14 The testimony of God’s Word.
Psalms 22:1-31 Psalm of the Cross—the sin offering—the Good Shepherd. Christ suffering at the hands of God.
Psalms 22:3 Who was praising but He, at this time of His soul’s sorrow?
Psalms 22:6 Tolaath—the scarlet worm.
Psalms 23:1-6 Psalm of the crook—the Great Shepherd.
Psalms 24:1-10 Psalm of the crown—the Chief Shepherd.
Psalms 25:1-22; Psalms 26:1-12; Psalms 27:1-14; Psalms 28:1-9; Psalms 29:1-11; Psalms 30:1-12; Psalms 31:1-24; Psalms 32:1-11; Psalms 33:1-22; Psalms 34:1-22; Psalms 35:1-28; Psalms 36:1-12; Psalms 37:1-40; Psalms 38:1-22; Psalms 39:11-13 Experiences of the godly remnant.
Psalms 26:5 A great salvation for men whose iniquity is great, See Psalms 26:11.
Psalms 25:9 Guidance—Matthew 11:29-30. See Hosea 11:3.
Psalms 25:11 We might have said, “It is not very great!”
Psalms 25:15 Guidance—Psalms 32:8; Numbers 9:18-22.
Psalms 27:4 One thing—See Php 3:13. The beauty of the Lord. See Isaiah 53:2. See Psalms 29:2.
Isaiah 29:3-5 A storm in the mountains moving on into the wilderness.
Psalms 31:1 See 1 John 1:9.
Psalms 32:7 Hiding in God instead of hiding from Him.
Psalms 33:7 as an heap—“in a bottle” correct text.
Psalms 34:16 Note that Peter omits the last half of this verse. 1 Peter 3:12.
Psalms 36:8 The river of God. Ezekiel 47:1-12.
Psalms 40:1-17 Psalm of the burnt offering.
Psalms 31:9 Judas—antichrist.
Book 2 Psalms 42:1-11; Psalms 43:1-5; Psalms 44:1-26; Psalms 45:1-17; Psalms 46:1-11; Psalms 47:1-9; Psalms 48:1-14; Psalms 49:1-20; Psalms 50:1-23; Psalms 51:1-19, Psalms 52:1-9; Psalms 53:1-6; Psalms 54:1-7; Psalms 55:1-23; Psalms 56:1-13; Psalms 57:1-11; Psalms 58:1-11; Psalms 59:1-17; Psalms 60:1-12, Psalms 61:1-8; Psalms 62:1-12; Psalms 63:1-11; Psalms 64:1-10; Psalms 65:1-13; Psalms 66:1-20; Psalms 67:1-7; Psalms 68:1-35; Psalms 69:1-14; Psalms 70:1-5; Psalms 71:1-24; Psalms 72:1-15 The Fallen State of Israel—Their ruin and redemption.
Psalms 45:1-17, Psalms 55:1-23, Psalms 68:1-35, Psalms 69:1-36, Psalms 72:1-20 messianic.
Psalms 42:1-11; Psalms 43:1-5; Psalms 44:1-26; Psalms 45:1-17; Psalms 46:1-11; Psalms 47:1-9; Psalms 48:1-14; Psalms 49:1-20; Psalms 50:1-23; Psalms 51:1-19 The King coming to reign. The hope of the needy.
Psalms 44:12 “Ye have sold yourselves for nought and shall be redeemed without money.” Isaiah 52:3.
Psalms 45:11 Beauty. Psalms 29:2.
Psalms 45:13-14 See the bride in Revelation 19:1-21.
Psalms 45:17 See Luke 22:19; Jeremiah 16:7.
Psalms 48:14 unto—“over.”
Psalms 49:7-9 Redemption. See Leviticus 25:48. Costly—so let it alone forever.
Psalms 50:14 A promise for him who observes Psalms 50:14.
Psalms 52:1-9; Psalms 53:1-6; Psalms 54:1-7; Psalms 55:1-23; Psalms 56:1-13; Psalms 57:1-11; Psalms 58:1-11; Psalms 59:1-17; Psalms 60:1-12 Soul exercises leading to deliverance.
Psalms 55:19 have no changes—“settled on the lees.”
Psalms 61:1-8; Psalms 62:1-12; Psalms 63:1-11; Psalms 64:1-10; Psalms 65:1-13; Psalms 66:1-20; Psalms 67:1-7; Psalms 68:1-35; Psalms 69:1-14; Psalms 70:1-5; Psalms 71:1-24; Psalms 72:1-15 Deliverance through the Redeemer-King.
Psalms 62:1-12 Note the use of the word “only.”
Psalms 64:6 [first clause] “Love covereth a multitude of sins.”
Psalms 66:18 The one great hindrance to prayer.
Psalms 68:11 Feminine—a company of women.
Psalms 68:30 pieces of silver—redemption money. See Exodus 30:1-38.
Psalms 69:1-14 Psalm of the trespass offering. Christ suffering from the hands of men—result, judgment. Contrast with Psalms 22:1-31.
Psalms 69:4 [last clause] Christ Himself, making up for man’s wrongdoing.
Psalms 71:1-2 Save in righteousness. Romans 1:17.
Psalms 72:1-15 A millennial psalm.
Psalms 72:16 The remnant of Israel.
Psalms 73:1-28; Psalms 74:1-23; Psalms 75:1-10; Psalms 76:1-12; Psalms 77:1-20; Psalms 78:1-72; Psalms 79:1-13; Psalms 80:1-19; Psalms 81:1-16; Psalms 82:1-8; Psalms 83:1-18, Psalms 84:1-12; Psalms 85:1-13; Psalms 86:1-17; Psalms 87:1-7; Psalms 88:1-18; Psalms 89:1-52—The Leviticus series. The sanctuary. God’s holiness maintained in His ways with Israel.—Psalms 89:1-52 is messianic.
Psalms 73:1-28; Psalms 74:1-23; Psalms 75:1-10; Psalms 76:1-12; Psalms 77:1-20; Psalms 78:1-72; Psalms 79:1-13; Psalms 80:1-19; Psalms 81:1-16; Psalms 82:1-8; Psalms 83:1-18 Holiness manifested in grace.
Psalms 73:17 their end. See 1 Peter 4:17.
Psalms 73:24 Or, “after the glory, receive me.”
Psalms 74:5-7 Builders, or destroyers?
Psalms 74:8 Synagogues in the O.T.!
Psalms 75:2-3 Messiah tells how He will judge in righteousness.
Psalms 75:8 “Let this cup pass!”
Psalms 76:10 “Ye know what restraineth.”
Psalms 77:2 Hand was stretched out.
Psalms 77:3 was troubled—“I moaned.”
Psalms 77:7-9 Six questions of the troubled soul.
Psalms 77:10-15 Faith’s answer.
Psalms 78:29 Prayer answered in judgment.
Psalms 78:36 Flattering God!
Psalms 78:68 Zion—chosen in electing grace.
Psalms 79:9 Hebrews 9:1-28—Hebrews 10:1-39.
Psalms 80:15 Christ: the Branch of the Lord—to take the place of the failed people. Isaiah 11:1-2.
Psalms 83:1-18 Victory over the last assault of the enemy.
Psalms 84:1-12; Psalms 85:1-13; Psalms 86:1-17; Psalms 87:1-7; Psalms 88:1-18; Psalms 89:1-52 Christ the Mediator maintaining the holiness of God.
Psalms 84:1-12 The sons of Korah—direct descendants of Korah the apostate. Numbers 16:1-50 and Numbers 26:1-65. See 1 Chronicles 6:31. Saved from going down to the pit.
Psalms 84:3 “God’s pensioners.”
Psalms 85:1-13 Psalm of the peace offering.
Psalms 85:6 Conditions of Revival: facing facts, confession, restitution, prayer, work, obedience.
Psalms 88:1-18 Under the curse of a broken law.
Psalms 89:14 The cherubim. Psalms 97:2.
Psalms 89:30-32 Divine discipline following disobedience.
Psalms 89:37-38 The covenant not abrogated though the house of David no longer is in evidence. See Acts 15:16.
Psalms 90:1-17; Psalms 91:1-16; Psalms 92:1-15; Psalms 93:1-5, Psalms 90:1-17; Psalms 91:1-16; Psalms 92:1-15; Psalms 93:1-5, Psalms 94:1-23, Psalms 95:1-11, Psalms 96:1-13, Psalms 97:1-12, Psalms 98:1-9, Psalms 99:1-9, Psalms 100:1-5; Psalms 101:1-8; Psalms 102:1-28; Psalms 103:1-22; Psalms 104:1-35; Psalms 105:1-45; Psalms 106:1-48—The first man replaced by the Second Man. The numbers Book. Experiences of the remnant as scattered among the nations. Psalms 91:1-16, Psalms 102:1-28 messianic.
Psalms 90:1-17; Psalms 91:1-16; Psalms 92:1-15; Psalms 93:1-5 Christ linking the Creator and His creation after sin had come in.
Psalms 90:17 Psalms 27:4. The beauty of the Lord. See Psalms 96:6-9.
Psalms 90:1-17; Psalms 91:1-16; Psalms 92:1-15; Psalms 93:1-5 Salvation by Judgment.
Psalms 94:9 “Mine ear hast Thou digged.”
Psalms 95:5 The sea—Revelation 21:1-3; Psalms 104:25.
Psalms 97:11 gladness—”a festival of joy.”
Psalms 99:8 Grace and government.
Psalms 100:1-5; Psalms 101:1-8; Psalms 102:1-28; Psalms 103:1-22; Psalms 104:1-35; Psalms 105:1-45; Psalms 106:1-48 Salvation realized.
Psalms 102:1-28 A Gethsemane psalm.
Psalms 102:25 The Father’s answer to the prayer of the Son. See Hebrews 1:1-14.
Psalms 103:7 Note the difference between His ways (counsels) and His acts.
Psalms 104:2 The Invisible God. “The radiant light is the shadow of God.”—Plato Psalms 104:15 Wine to cheer, bread to strengthen.
Psalms 105:25 We might have thought the devil did it!
Psalms 106:15 Prayer answered in judgment.
Psalms 106:33 A provoked spirit: a wrong state because of occupation with evil.
Psalms 107:1-43; Psalms 108:1-13; Psalms 109:1-31; Psalms 110:1-7; Psalms 111:1-10; Psalms 112:1-10; Psalms 113:1-9, Psalms 114:1-8; Psalms 115:1-18; Psalms 116:1-19; Psalms 117:1-2; Psalms 118:1-29, Psalms 119:1-176, Psalms 120:1-7; Psalms 121:1-8; Psalms 122:1-9; Psalms 123:1-4; Psalms 124:1-8; Psalms 125:1-5; Psalms 126:1-6; Psalms 127:1-5; Psalms 128:1-6; Psalms 129:1-8; Psalms 130:1-8; Psalms 131:1-3; Psalms 132:1-18; Psalms 133:1-3; Psalms 134:1-3, Psalms 135:1-21; Psalms 136:1-26; Psalms 137:1-9; Psalms 138:1-8; Psalms 139:1-24; Psalms 140:1-13; Psalms 141:1-10; Psalms 142:1-7; Psalms 143:1-12; Psalms 144:1-15; Psalms 145:1-21; Psalms 146:1-10; Psalms 147:1-20; Psalms 148:1-14; Psalms 149:1-9; Psalms 150:1-6 Book 5.—The Deuteronomy section. Israel restored to God. The conclusion of His ways with men. Psalms no, Psalms 118:1-29 messianic.
Psalms 107:1-43; Psalms 108:1-13; Psalms 109:1-31; Psalms 110:1-7; Psalms 111:1-10; Psalms 112:1-10; Psalms 113:1-9 Divine principles.
Psalms 107:20 Healing in the Word.
Psalms 109:4 “I am prayer.” It is He who is the Great Intercessor.
Psalms 109:8 Spoken prophetically of Judas the traitor.
Psalms 111:1-10; Psalms 111:1-10; Psalms 112:1-10; Psalms 113:1-9; Psalms 114:1-8; Psalms 115:1-18; Psalms 116:1-19; Psalms 117:1-2; Psalms 118:1-29 Called “the Egyptian Hall-El” or “Little Hall-El.”
Psalms 111:9 Only place reverend is found in the English Bible.
Psalms 114:1-8; Psalms 115:1-18; Psalms 116:1-19; Psalms 117:1-2; Psalms 118:1-29; Psalms 119:1-176 God known as the Saviour.
Psalms 116:8 Threefold deliverance. 2 Corinthians 1:10.
Psalms 116:16 Service that springs from deliverance through redemption.
Psalms 118:22 The rejected stone.
Psalms 118:24 The Lord’s Day.
Psalms 118:26 The entry into Jerusalem.
Psalms 118:27 The Cross.
Psalms 119:1-176 The golden alphabet—The law written upon the heart.
Psalms 119:5 directed to—made so direct that I might.
Psalms 119:9 “The washing of water by the Word.”
Psalms 119:30 Blessed choice!
Psalms 119:44-45 The perfect law of liberty. See James 2:12.
Psalms 119:63 David’s denomination, Psalms 119:64.
Psalms 119:67 Blessed use of affliction.
Psalms 119:100 Understanding the mind of God and obedience to His Word go together.
Psalms 119:108 Fruit of the lips—See Isaiah 57:19; Hebrews 13:15.
Psalms 119:160 True from Genesis. See Isaiah 46:9-10
Psalms 120:1-7; Psalms 121:1-8; Psalms 122:1-9; Psalms 123:1-4; Psalms 124:1-8; Psalms 125:1-5; Psalms 126:1-6; Psalms 127:1-5; Psalms 128:1-6; Psalms 129:1-8; Psalms 130:1-8; Psalms 131:1-3; Psalms 132:1-18; Psalms 133:1-3; Psalms 134:1-3 The psalms or songs of degrees.
Psalms 135:1-21; Psalms 136:1-26; Psalms 137:1-9; Psalms 138:1-8; Psalms 139:1-24; Psalms 140:1-13; Psalms 141:1-10; Psalms 142:1-7; Psalms 143:1-12; Psalms 144:1-15; Psalms 145:1-21; Psalms 146:1-10; Psalms 147:1-20; Psalms 148:1-14; Psalms 149:1-9; Psalms 150:1-6 Salvation celebrated. Review of God’s ways.
Psalms 136:26 God of heaven—the name used in the postcaptivity Books, Ezekiel, Nehemiah, and in Daniel.
Psalms 137:7-9 Divine judgment to fall on Edom: type of the flesh—See prophecy of Obadiah. Also on Babylon. See Jeremiah 50:1-46, Jeremiah 51:1-64.
Psalms 139:1-6 The divine omniscience.
Psalms 139:5 “Thou art around me on all sides and Thou art holding Thy hand over me.” Lit. trans.
Psalms 139:7-12 The divine omnipresence.
Psalms 139:13-18 The divine omnipotence active on man’s behalf.
Psalms 139:16 [last part] True of the mystical Body of Christ, as of the human body.
Psalms 139:19-24 The Divine Judgment.
Psalms 141:2 Incense—typical of prayer. See Exodus 30:34.
Psalms 146:1-10; Psalms 147:1-20; Psalms 148:1-14; Psalms 149:1-9; Psalms 150:1-6 “The Great Hall-El.”
Psalms 147:4-5 He numbers the stars but His understanding cannot be numbered.
Psalms 149:6 a two-edged sword—the Word—see Ephesians 6:17 and Hebrews 4:12.
Proverbs The wisdom that created the heavens now deigns to show a safe path through the world. Note:
Throughout it is family instruction; the teaching of the father, the law of the mother. Each proverb illustrated in the Bible or corroborated by direct teaching elsewhere,.
Proverbs 1:1-33; Proverbs 2:1-22; Proverbs 3:1-35; Proverbs 4:1-27; Proverbs 5:1-23; Proverbs 6:1-35; Proverbs 7:1-27; Proverbs 8:1-36; Proverbs 9:1-18 Wisdom and folly contrasted.
Proverbs 1:7 “Knowledge and wisdom far from being one
Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells
In heads replete with thoughts of other men,
Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much.
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.”—Cowper
Proverbs 1:23-31 “These are the verses used by the Spirit of God to awaken me as a lad of 14, and I found peace in John 3:18.”—H. A. Ironside
Proverbs 2:1-5 receive, hide, incline, apply, criest, lift est up, seekest, searchest—the only way to get the mind of God. See Ezra 7:10.
Proverbs 3:1-35 Personal piety and consistent living. Mercy and truth: consideration for others and integrity of heart before God and man.
Proverbs 4:1-27 Wisdom as a guide for human life.
Proverbs 4:12 “As thou goest step by step, I will open up the way before thee.” Heb. trans.
Proverbs 4:23 Circulation of the blood implied.
Proverbs 5:1-23 Wisdom preserving from uncleanness.
Proverbs 8:12 Wisdom personified. “Christ the Wisdom of God.”
“God hath made Him to be unto us—Wisdom.”
Proverbs 8:23 set up—anointed.
(1) Christ, the Anointed from eternity.
(2) When born into the world.
(3) At His baptism.
(4) In His Resurrection.
Proverbs 9:1-12 Wisdom’s invitation.
Proverbs 9:13-18 Folly’s invitation.
Proverbs 10:1-32; Proverbs 11:1-31; Proverbs 12:1-28; Proverbs 13:1-25; Proverbs 14:1-35; Proverbs 15:1-33; Proverbs 16:1-33; Proverbs 17:1-28; Proverbs 18:1-24; Proverbs 19:1-29; Proverbs 20:1-30; Proverbs 21:1-31; Proverbs 22:1-29; Proverbs 23:1-35; Proverbs 24:1-34 Proverbs set in order by Solomon. The walk through this world of the one who is a disciple of Wisdom.
Proverbs 10:27-32 Righteousness and lawlessness contrasted.
Proverbs 11:1-31 Righteousness and lawlessness contrasted.
Proverbs 11:4 See the rich fool.
Proverbs 11:6 righteousness—hypocrite. See Job 8:13.
Proverbs 11:8 See Haman and Mordecai, Daniel and his accusers.
Proverbs 11:24 “A man there was, though some did count him mad; The more he cast away the more he had.
It never was loving that emptied a heart
Nor giving that emptied a purse.” See Proverbs 13:7.
Proverbs 12:1-28; Proverbs 13:1-25 The love of knowledge in contrast to hatred of reproof.
Proverbs 12:9 he that honoureth himself—How many are of this type!
Proverbs 12:20 Note why people imagine evil concerning others.
Proverbs 14:1-35 The wise and the simple contrasted.
Proverbs 14:1 See the prudent woman of Proverbs 31:1-31.
Proverbs 14:14 Only place “backslider” is found in Bible.
Proverbs 14:32 The hope of immortality.
Proverbs 15:1-33 The tongue.
Proverbs 15:2 Wisdom, the ability to use knowledge aright.
Proverbs 16:1-33 The divine sovereignty—“Man proposes, God disposes.”
Proverbs 16:15 The latter rain, a special blessing. See Jeremiah 3:3.
Proverbs 17:1-28 Divine principles.
Proverbs 17:1 Amen! sacrifices—i.e., peace offerings.
Proverbs 17:17 A friend—Proverbs 18:24; Proverbs 27:10.
Proverbs 18:1-24 Warnings against folly in speech.
Proverbs 18:1 The self-seeking schismatic. Separation after a carnal order. Jude 1:16-17. intermeddleth with all wisdom— or, rageth against all sound wisdom.
Proverbs 18:10-11 Contrast these two verses.
Proverbs 18:22 A wife, not merely a woman.
Proverbs 19:1-29 The path of truth and the way of self-will.
Proverbs 19:7 Job and his friends.
Proverbs 19:17 Loans that pay big interest!
Proverbs 20:1-30 Warnings against evil habits, vice, etc.
Proverbs 20:6-12 The test of purity.
Proverbs 20:17 There is nothing covered that shall not be manifested—then the bitterness!
Proverbs 20:24 See Jeremiah 10:23-24.
Proverbs 20:25 and after vows to make enquiry—i.e., he does as his appetite dictates—then inquires of God afterwards.
Proverbs 20:27 Personality of the spirit in man. Psalms 78:8; Romans 1:9.
Proverbs 21:1-31 The moral government of God.
Proverbs 21:13 1 John 3:17. Active benevolence a condition of answered prayer.
Proverbs 21:18 On the Cross it was just the opposite.
Proverbs 21:31 The horse as a type. See Job 39:19; Revelation 6:1-17.
Proverbs 22:1-29; Proverbs 23:1-35; Proverbs 24:1-22 Exhortations to integrity and subjection to God.
Proverbs 22:6 Train up—dedicate, or initiate—Same word as in Deuteronomy 20:5 (twice); 1 Kings 8:63; 2 Chronicles 7:5.
Proverbs 22:17-18 Importance of studying the Word of God—2 Timothy 2:15; 2 Timothy 3:16; Luke 1:1-4.
Proverbs 24:11-12 Responsibility for men who know not God. Contrast Isaiah 58:10.
Proverbs 24:23-34 An appendix to the division.
Proverbs 24:30-34 The field of the slothful. A fitting epilogue to this division.
Proverbs 25:1-28; Proverbs 26:1-28; Proverbs 27:1-27; Proverbs 28:1-28; Proverbs 29:1-27 Division 3—Later proverbs arranged by the men of Hezekiah. See 1 Kings 4:32.
Proverbs 25:7 Used by our Lord in Luke 14:8
Proverbs 25:21-22 Quoted in Romans 12:20.
Proverbs 25:25 The gospel likened to water. Revelation 22:17.
Proverbs 26:1-28 Fools and sluggards.
Proverbs 27:1 See Pharaoh in Exodus 8:10. Tomorrow—reasons for not delaying:
(1) Death may ensue.
(2) The Spirit may cease to strive.
(3) The Lord may return.
(4) We add to what we can never undo.
(5) We lose time we can never make up.
Proverbs 27:16 Impossible to shield her for she invariably betrays herself.
Proverbs 27:23 A word to pastors.
Proverbs 28:9 When it is no use to pray. See Isaiah 1:15.
Proverbs 30:1-33 Division 4—The words of Agur.
Proverbs 30:24-28 Four Wise Things.
Proverbs 31:1-31 Division 5—The words of Lemuel.