Proverbs 2

er. (See (Revelation 22:2).) pdr er TSE The latter part of the chapter contains some wholesome precepts, not less obligatory upon us than upon the Jews of old:—Not to withhold a just debt, or even to refuse a charitable loan, when in our power to comply; not to injure an unsuspicious, harmless neighbour, nor, on the other hand, to envy the violent and froward man—the proud and scornful, “whom the Lord abhorreth.” The concluding verse is beautiful and pointed. The wise, however humble in this life, shall inherit glory in the next; and fools, however exalted, shall be exhibited to the contempt and execration of posterity.

Notes on the verses

Chap. II. Ver. 1. Hive—Holden, “Lay up.” unhappily he himself neglected the cautions that he gave. From the following verse it will however appear, that Israelitish women were here included. } her youth,—This may mean either her mother or her [daughter]; she may be supposed either single or married.