Proverbs 25

Proverbs 25:3

Navel - To thy body, which is signified by one part of it. Marrow - Which is the nourishment and strength of the bones.

Proverbs 25:4

Substance - Lay out thy estate not to please thyself, but to glorify God. First - fruits - Or, with the chief or best; which answers to the first - fruits under the law.

Proverbs 25:5

So - This is not the way to diminish thy estate, but rather to increase it.

Proverbs 25:6

Despise not - Either by making light of it, or not being duly affected with it; or by accounting it an unnecessary thing: but rather esteem it a privilege and favour from God. Weary - Neither think it tedious or hard, but endure it with patience and chearfulness.

Proverbs 25:8

Findeth - Which supposes his diligent searching for it.

Proverbs 25:12

Peace - Procure a blessed tranquility in a man’s mind and conscience.

Proverbs 25:13

A tree - A pledge of everlasting life. He alludes to the tree of life, and intimates, that this is the only restorer of that life which we have lost by sin.

Proverbs 25:14

Wisdom - Either by Christ, or by that Divine perfection of wisdom, which is the fountain of wisdom in man.

Proverbs 25:15

The depths - That great abyss contained in the bowels of the earth, breaks forth into fountains and rivers.

Proverbs 25:16

Eyes - The eyes of thy mind. Constantly and seriously meditate upon them.

Proverbs 25:17

Grace - Like a beautiful chain or ornament.

Proverbs 25:20

Be not - Thou shalt not be afraid. Sudden - For sudden and unexpected evils are most frightful. And fear is here put for the evils feared. Desolation - Which cometh upon the wicked.

Proverbs 25:21

Shall be - A sure ground of confidence to thee. Taken - In the snares either of sin or mischief.

Proverbs 25:22

With - hold not - Do not deny it, but readily and chearfuly impart it. Good - Any thing which is good, either counsel, comfort, reproof, or the good things of the present life. Due - That is, to all men, by that great and sovereign law of love.

Proverbs 25:23

Say not - The former verse forbad the denial, and this forbids the delay of this duty.

Proverbs 25:24

Securely - Relying upon thine integrity.

Proverbs 25:26

Envy not - For his impunity and success.

Proverbs 25:27

Abomination - Therefore sooner or later he must be miserable. The righteous - They are God’s friends, to whom he imparts the favours and comforts to which other men are strangers.

Proverbs 25:28

The house - Not only upon his own person, but also upon his posterity.