a [Deut. 32:35]; Prov. 17:13; 24:29; [Rom. 12:17–19]; 1 Thess. 5:15; [1 Pet. 3:9]

b 2 Sam. 16:12

1 repay

* See WW at Lam. 3:25.

a Ps. 101:8

a 1 Cor. 2:11

1 Lit. rooms of the belly

a Ps. 101:1; Prov. 21:21

1 mercy

a Prov. 16:31

1 Lit. rooms of the belly

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1 channels

a Prov. 16:2

b Prov. 24:12; Luke 16:15

a 1 Sam. 15:22; Prov. 15:8; Is. 1:11, 16, 17; Hos. 6:6; [Mic. 6:7, 8]

a Prov. 6:17

1 Or lamp

a Prov. 10:4

a 2 Pet. 2:3

1 LXX Pursue vanity on the snares of death; Vg. Is vain and foolish, and shall stumble on the snares of death; Tg. They shall be destroyed, and they shall fall who seek death

1 Lit. drag them away

1 Or The way of a man is perverse and strange;

a Prov. 19:13

a James 4:5

a Prov. 19:25

a [Matt. 7:2; 18:30–34]

1 Under cover, lit. in the bosom

a Ps. 49:14

* See WW at Jer. 3:15.

1 Lit. in the land of the desert

a Ps. 112:3

a Matt. 5:6

a Prov. 24:5

1 Climbs over the walls of

* See WW at Jer. 16:19.

a [James 3:2]

a Prov. 13:4

a [Prov. 22:9]

a Jer. 6:20

1 Qr., LXX understands

a [Jer. 9:23, 24]

a Ps. 3:8

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a Eccl. 7:1

* See WW at 1 Kin. 11:34.

* See WW at Ps. 31:19.

a Prov. 29:13

b Job 31:15

a Prov. 27:12

a Eph. 6:4; 2 Tim. 3:15

1 Even

a Prov. 18:23; James 2:6

a Job 4:8

1 trouble

a 2 Cor. 9:6

b [Prov. 19:17]

1 Lit. good

a Ps. 101:5

a Ps. 101:6

a Prov. 26:13

a Prov. 2:16; 5:3; 7:5

b Eccl. 7:26

a Prov. 13:24; 23:13, 14

a Luke 1:3, 4

b Prov. 25:13; 1 Pet. 3:15

1 Or send you

a Ex. 23:6; Job 31:16–21; Zech. 7:10

a 1 Sam. 24:12; Ps. 12:5; 140:12

a Prov. 29:22

a Prov. 11:15

1 Lit. strikes

2 guaranty

a Deut. 19:14; 27:17; Job 24:2; Prov. 23:10

1 boundary

1 is prompt in his business

2 obscure

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a [Prov. 28:20; Matt. 6:19; 1 Tim. 6:9, 10; Heb. 13:5]

b Rom. 12:16

1 Lit. Will you cause your eyes to fly upon it and it is not?

a Deut. 15:9; Prov. 28:22

1 Lit. one who has an evil eye

a Prov. 12:2

a Prov. 9:8; Matt. 7:6

1 boundary

a Prov. 22:23

a Prov. 13:24

1 Or Sheol

1 Lit. kidneys

a Ps. 37:1; Prov. 24:1, 19

b Prov. 28:14

a [Ps. 37:37]

1 Future, lit. latter end

a Prov. 20:1; 23:29, 30; Is. 5:22; Matt. 24:49; [Luke 21:34]; Rom. 13:13; [Eph. 5:18]

a Prov. 1:8; Eph. 6:1

a Prov. 4:7; 18:15; [Matt. 13:44]

a Prov. 10:1

* See WW at 2 Chr. 7:10.

* See WW at Ps. 68:5.

a Prov. 22:14

a Prov. 7:12; Eccl. 7:26

a Is. 5:11, 22

b Gen. 49:12

a 1 Sam. 25:36; Prov. 20:1; 21:17; Is. 5:11; 28:7; [Eph. 5:18]

b Ps. 75:8

1 goes around

1 Lit. heart

a Prov. 27:22; Jer. 5:3

b Eph. 4:19

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a Ps. 1:1; 37:1; Prov. 23:17

a Prov. 21:22; Eccl. 9:16

* See WW at Jer. 31:22.

a Luke 14:31

a Ps. 10:5; Prov. 14:6

a Prov. 6:14; 14:22; Rom. 1:30

1 Lit. master of evil plots

a Deut. 20:8; Job 4:5; Jer. 51:46; Heb. 12:3

a Ps. 82:4; Is. 58:6, 7; 1 John 3:16

a 1 Sam. 16:7; Prov. 21:2

b Job 34:11; Ps. 62:12; Rev. 2:23; 22:12

a Ps. 19:10; 119:103; Prov. 25:16; Song 5:1

a Ps. 19:10; 58:11; Prov. 23:18

1 Lit. latter end

a Job 5:19; [Ps. 34:19; 37:24; Mic. 7:8]

b Esth. 7:10; Amos 5:2

a Job 31:29; Ps. 35:15, 19; [Prov. 17:5]; Obad. 12

1 Lit. it be evil in His eyes

a Ps. 37:1

a [Rom. 13:7; 1 Pet. 2:17]

a Lev. 19:15; Deut. 1:17; 16:19; [John 7:24]

1 Lit. recognize faces

a Prov. 17:15; Is. 5:23

a Prov. 28:23

a 1 Kin. 5:17; Prov. 27:23–27

a Lev. 6:2, 3; 19:11; Eph. 4:25

1 LXX, Vg. Do not deceive

a [Prov. 20:22; Matt. 5:39–44; Rom. 12:17–19]

a Gen. 3:18

* See WW at Prov. 4:13.

a Prov. 6:9, 10

a Prov. 6:9–11

1 Lit. one who walks about

2 Lit. a man with a shield

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a 1 Kin. 4:32

a Deut. 29:29; Rom. 11:33

a 2 Tim. 2:21

a Prov. 16:12; 20:8

a Luke 14:7–11

a Prov. 17:14; Matt. 5:25

1 Lit. contend or bring a lawsuit

a [Matt. 18:15]

1 the evil report concerning you not pass away

a Prov. 15:23; Is. 50:4

a Prov. 13:17

a Prov. 20:6

b Jude 12

a Prov. 15:1

* See WW at Mal. 3:10.

a Ps. 57:4; Prov. 12:18

a Dan. 6:18

* See WW at Judg. 5:3.

a Ex. 23:4, 5; 2 Kin. 6:22; 2 Chr. 28:15; Matt. 5:44; Rom. 12:20

a 2 Sam. 16:12; [Matt. 6:4, 6]

a Ps. 101:5

a Prov. 19:13

a Prov. 15:30

* See WW at Prov. 10:3.

1 ruined

a Prov. 27:2; [Luke 14:11]

a Prov. 16:32

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a 1 Sam. 12:17

a Num. 23:8; Deut. 23:5; 2 Sam. 16:12

a Ps. 32:9; Prov. 19:29

a Matt. 16:1–4; Rom. 12:16

1 Heb. difficult in v. 10; ancient and modern translators differ greatly

a 2 Pet. 2:22

b Ex. 8:15

a Prov. 29:20; Luke 18:11, 12; [Rev. 3:17]

* See WW at Hos. 2:15.

1 Or plazas, squares

a Prov. 19:24

1 LXX, Syr. bosom; Tg., Vg. armpit

a Eph. 5:4

1 gossip or slanderer, lit. whisperer

a Prov. 15:18

1 gossip or slanderer

2 A Jewish tradition wounds

3 Lit. rooms of the belly

a Ps. 28:3; Prov. 26:23; Jer. 9:8

1 Lit. his voice is gracious

a Esth. 7:10; Ps. 7:15; Prov. 28:10; Eccl. 10:8

* See WW at Prov. 16:3.

a Prov. 29:5

CHAPTER 27

a Luke 12:19–21; James 4:13–16

a Prov. 25:27; 2 Cor. 10:12, 18; 12:11

* See WW at 1 Chr. 23:30.

a Prov. 6:34; 1 John 3:12

a [Prov. 28:23]; Gal. 2:14

a Matt. 26:49

1 tramples on

1 Lit. counsel of the soul

* See WW at Zech. 6:13.

a Prov. 17:17; 18:24

a Prov. 10:1; 23:15–26

a Prov. 22:3

a Prov. 19:13

1 Lit. hides

a 2 Kin. 18:31; Song 8:12; Is. 36:16; [1 Cor. 3:8; 9:7–13]; 2 Tim. 2:6

1 protects or tends

a Prov. 30:15, 16; Hab. 2:5

b Eccl. 1:8; 4:8

1 Or Sheol

2 Heb. Abaddon

a Prov. 17:3

a Prov. 23:35; 26:11; Jer. 5:3

a Prov. 24:27

* See WW at Esth. 9:28.

a Ps. 104:14

* See WW at Mal. 3:10.

CHAPTER 28

a Lev. 26:17, 36; Ps. 53:5

a Matt. 18:28

1 Lit. and there is no bread

a Ps. 49:18; Rom. 1:32

b 1 Kin. 18:18; Neh. 13:11, 15; Matt. 3:7; 14:4; Eph. 5:11

a Ps. 92:6; Is. 6:9; 44:18

b Ps. 119:100; Prov. 2:9; John 17:17; 1 Cor. 2:15; [1 John 2:20, 27]

a Ps. 66:18; 109:7; Prov. 15:8

a Ps. 7:15; Prov. 26:27

b [Matt. 6:33; Heb. 6:12; 1 Pet. 3:9]

a Prov. 11:10; 29:2

1 Lit. will be searched for

a Ps. 32:3–5; 1 John 1:8–10

* See WW at Hos. 3:5.

a Prov. 19:12; 1 Pet. 5:8

b Ex. 1:14; Prov. 29:2; Matt. 2:16

a Eccl. 10:16; Is. 3:12

a Gen. 9:6

1 delivered

a Prov. 12:11; 20:13

a Prov. 13:11; 20:21; 23:4; 1 Tim. 6:9

a Prov. 18:5

b Ezek. 13:19

1 Lit. recognize faces

a Prov. 21:5

a Prov. 27:5, 6

a Prov. 18:9

* See WW at Ps. 119:63.

a Prov. 13:10

b Prov. 29:25; 1 Tim. 6:6

a Prov. 3:5

a Deut. 15:7; Prov. 19:17; 22:9

a Job 24:4

CHAPTER 29

a 2 Chr. 36:16; Prov. 6:15

* See WW at Mal. 4:2.

a Esth. 8:15; Prov. 28:12

b Esth. 4:3

1 become great

a Prov. 26:28

a Job 29:16; Ps. 41:1; Prov. 31:8, 9

a Prov. 11:11

a Matt. 11:17

* See WW at Eccl. 3:4.

a 1 John 3:12

1 Lit. soul or life

a Prov. 14:33

1 Lit. spirit

* See WW at Ps. 63:3.

a [Matt. 5:45]

a Is. 11:4

* See WW at Mic. 4:5.

a Prov. 22:15

a Ps. 37:34

* See WW at Jer. 10:24.

* See WW at Ex. 33:14.

a 1 Sam. 3:1

b John 13:17

1 prophetic vision

* See WW at Jer. 10:24.

a Prov. 26:12

* See WW at Hos. 2:15.

a Prov. 26:21

a Is. 66:2

* See WW at Jer. 13:18.

a Lev. 5:1

1 Lit. hears the adjuration or oath

a Gen. 12:12; 20:2

1 secure, lit. set on high

a Ps. 20:9

1 Lit. face

CHAPTER 30

a Ps. 73:22

a [Prov. 9:10]

a [John 3:13]

b Job 38:4

a Ps. 12:6; 19:8; 119:140

b Ps. 18:30; 84:11; 115:9–11

1 tested, refined, found pure

* See WW at 2 Sam. 22:31.

* See WW at Zeph. 3:12.

a Deut. 4:2; 12:32

a Job 23:12; Matt. 6:11; [Phil. 4:19]

a Deut. 8:12–14; Neh. 9:25, 26; Hos. 13:6

* See WW at Mic. 4:13.

* See WW at Lev. 4:13.

a Ex. 21:17; Prov. 20:20

a [Prov. 16:2]; Is. 65:5; Luke 18:11; [Titus 1:15, 16]

a Ps. 131:1; Prov. 6:17; Is. 2:11; 5:15

1 In arrogance

a Job 29:17; Ps. 52:2

b Ps. 14:4; Amos 8:4

a Prov. 27:20; Hab. 2:5

1 Or Sheol

* See WW at Hos. 13:14.

a Gen. 9:22; Lev. 20:9; Prov. 20:20

* See WW at Judg. 13:19.

1 Lit. heart

a Prov. 19:10; Eccl. 10:7

1 Or hated

a Prov. 6:6

a Lev. 11:5; Ps. 104:18

1 rock hyraxes

1 Or lizard

1 Or perhaps strutting rooster, lit. girded of waist

2 A Jewish tradition a king against whom there is no uprising

a Job 21:5; 40:4; Mic. 7:16

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a Is. 49:15

a Prov. 5:9

b Deut. 17:17; 1 Kin. 11:1; Neh. 13:26; Prov. 7:26; Hos. 4:11

* See WW at Zech. 4:6.

a Eccl. 10:17

a Hos. 4:11

1 Lit. sons of affliction

a Ps. 104:15

* See WW at Job 5:7.

a Job 29:15, 16; Ps. 82

1 Lit. sons of passing away

a Lev. 19:15; Deut. 1:16

b Job 29:12; Is. 1:17; Jer. 22:16

* See WW at Ps. 70:5.

a Ruth 3:11; Prov. 12:4; 19:14

1 Vv. 10–31 are an alphabetic acrostic in Hebrew; cf. Ps. 119

2 Lit. a wife of valor, in the sense of all forms of excellence

* See WW at Hos. 2:8.

a Prov. 20:13; Rom. 12:11

b Luke 12:42

1 Lit. the fruit of her hands

* See WW at Ps. 34:8.

a Deut. 15:11; Job 31:16–20; Prov. 22:9; Rom. 12:13; Eph. 4:28; Heb. 13:16

* See WW at Ps. 40:17.

a Prov. 12:4

* See WW at Ps. 8:5.

* See WW at Ezek. 28:12.