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H.A. Ironside · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Ironside - If you venture first to “walk” in their way, you will soon be “running” with them. Nor can you plead ignorance in the day of your spiritual and moral breakdown; for God’s Word casts a light on your way, revealing the trap and warning you against the treacherous wiles of the devil. John
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Ironside - Contrasting with the call of the wicked, the next section (Pr 1:20-23) gives the cry of Wisdom. Throughout the first nine chapters of Proverbs Wisdom is personified. She is ever seeking to turn the steps of the young man from the door of folly and ignorance to the temple of knowledge and blessing. In these verses she is presented as one crying in public places, eagerly seeking to attract the attention of the passersby. In the marts of commerce, at the gates of justice, in the centers of population, among the idlers on the streets she pleads with the simple to obey her voice. She is not always met by positive refusal, but by what is far more common and equally as dangerous: procrastination. She cries, “How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?” But there is no response. Others definitely refuse to listen to Wisdom’s voice. Scornfully rejecting her testimony, they delight in their fancied independence of mind and demonstrate their true character by their hatred of knowledge.
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Ironside - To those who reject her cry, Wisdom addresses a warning of coming calamity, when it will be too late to heed her gracious invitation. It must be evident to all how similar this call of Wisdom is to the Gospel call, with its attendant warning of coming judgment if it is rejected (Ro 1:16,17, 18-note). It is the Old Testament way of saying, “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting” (Galatians 6:7-8-note). The principle abides whether applied to sinners or saints. But surely in Wisdom’s cry the “ministry of reconciliation” may be readily recognized (2Cor 5:18-19-note). It is “God beseeching, man refusing / To be made forever glad.” Laugh...mock - "In their extreme distress He will not only refuse help, but aggravate it by derision." (Jamieson) Kidner - I … will laugh is not an expression of personal heartlessness, but of the absurdity of choosing folly, the complete vindication of wisdom, and the incontestable fitness of the disaster. NET Note - Laughing at the consequences of the fool’s rejection of wisdom does convey hardness against the fool; it reveals the folly of rejecting wisdom (e.g., Ps 2:4-note). It vindicates wisdom and the appropriateness of the disaster CBL - This may seem petty, but it simply means that they will reap what they have sown; that is, by rejecting Wisdom’s teaching they cut themselves off from her help. Even if they were to hear her words at that point, they would sound like mockery, like most good advice given too late. Similarly, God’s mockery of the mutinous nations (Ps. 2:4ff-note) does not indicate personal spite or malice, but his judgment upon their sin of rebellion.
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Ironside has a word of warning for us - Nor must we think only of the warning to the unconverted. Paul the apostle wrote to those who are secure eternally: “See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is” (Ephesians 5:15-17-note). It is true of saints as of sinners that we reap what we sow. The believer cannot take his own way with impunity. If he turns away from the house of Wisdom to pursue the path of folly, he too will hear the mocking laugh of that Wisdom which he had dared to despise. The chastisement of the Lord must invariably follow departure from the ways of Christ. Proverbs 1:27 When your dread comes like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you. Dread - Pr 3:25,26; 10:24,25; Ps 69:22-28; Luke 21:26,34,35; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Revelation 6:15-17 Like - Ps 58:9; Isaiah 17:13; Nahum 1:3 distress - Luke 21:23-25; Romans 2:9) THE COMING STORM! When (mentioned twice) - Not "if" but "when!" Indeed, "Payday, Someday!" Wrath is coming to those who reject wisdom and reproof! Dread (06343)(See study on pachad) refers to fear, terror, panic. It is a strong emotion of fear or terror! Like a storm (See Wikipedia discussion) - The simile needs little explanation as we have all experienced sudden, terrifying thunderstorms with lightning strikes too close for comfort! The Hebrew word for storm (sufah) is often used in similes to describe sudden devastation (Isa 5:28; Hos 8:7; Amos 1:14). Calamity (see above for Heb = ed) conveys a number of thoughts such as destruction, ruin, disaster, distress, vengeance, trouble, misfortune, doom, terror, downfall, peril. Like a whirlwind - If you've ever been trapped in a whirlwind (See Wikipedia article and pictures), you understand this simile. The violent wind moves furiously around in a circle, raising and whirling dust, leaves, etc. Jamieson says here their fate is "compared to a whirlwind, as to fatal rapidity." If you ever experienced a tornado bearing down, with the sound like a locomotive, then you can begin to grasp the horror of this picture to those who reject Wisdom's plea. NET Note - The term “whirlwind” (NAB, NIV, NRSV; cf. TEV, NLT “storm”) refers to a devastating storm and is related to the verb שׁוֹא (sho’, “to crash into ruins”; see BDB 996 s.v. שׁוֹאָה). Disaster will come swiftly and crush them like a devastating whirlwind. Heb “like a storm.” The noun סוּפָה (sufah, “storm”) is often used in similes to describe sudden devastation (Isa 5:28; Hos 8:7; Amos 1:14). Heb “distress and trouble.” The nouns “distress and trouble” mean almost the same thing so they may form a hendiadys. The two similar sounding terms צוּקָה (tsuqah) and צָרָה (tsarah) also form a wordplay (paronomasia) which also links them together. When distress and anguish come upon you - He reiterates that this event is not an "if" but a "when!" It is coming upon them, because of their rejection of God's Truth and ultimately rejection of His Son (cp 1Th 1:10 - "the wrath to come.") Distress (06869)(tsarah) from tsar = literally a narrow, confining space, figuratively dire straits from which escape is difficult) is a noun which depicts tightness (figuratively trouble) and implies great strain or stress psychologically and spiritually (as in Ge 42:21). The root word deals with harassment and torment engendered by an enemy and thus speaks of adversity, affliction, tribulation, trouble. Tsarah is used to describe the cursing to Israel for disobedience (Dt 31:17, 21 = troubles). See also study on related verb tsarar. The Lxx translates tsarah with thlipsis which literally means a pressing together and figuratively speaks of suffering brought on by outside circumstances. Thlipsis is a strong term which does not refer to minor inconveniences, but to real hardships. Medically thlipsis was used of the pulse (pressure). Thlipsis described the pressing together of grapes. It conveyed the idea of being squeezed or placed under pressure or crushed beneath a weight. When, according to the ancient law of England, those who willfully refused to plead guilty, had heavy weights placed on their breasts, and were pressed and crushed to death, this was literally thlipsis. Thlipsis thus refers not to mild discomfort but to great difficulty. That is the "fruit" these men will reap for rejecting God's gracious gesture of stretching out His hand (Pr 1:24). One of most famous uses is the "time of Jacob's distress" (Jer 30:7+ KJV = the time of Jacob's trouble; LXX - thlipsis - literally pressing together, suffering brought on by outward circumstances). Both Jeremiah and Daniel are alluding to the last 3.5 yrs of Daniel's 70th week which will be for Israel (and the world) a "time of distress (trouble; Lxx = thlipsis)" (aka Great Tribulation) Jonah calling out from stomach of fish Jonah 2:2. God is to be cried out to in distress (2Chr 20:9, cp Neh 9:27). God delivers His people from tsarah (Ge 35:3; 1Sa 10:19, 26:24, 2Sa 4:9, 1Ki 1:29, Job 5:19; Ps. 9:9). NAS Usage: affliction(1), anguish(2), distress(34), distresses(1), trouble(22), troubles(11). Tsarah - 70v - Note the numerous uses in Psalms - this would make a great study, observing the circumstances and actions associated with tsarah, for the sweet psalmist David often found himself in "dire straits." It would be beneficial for us to see how David responded, for all of us are either in or will soon enter dire straits because we live in a broken, fallen world!- Ge. 35:3; 42:21; Dt. 31:17, 21; Jdg. 10:14; 1Sam. 10:19; 26:24; 2Sam. 4:9; 1Ki. 1:29; 2Ki. 19:3; 2Chr. 15:6; 20:9; Neh. 9:27, 37; Job 5:19; 27:9; Ps 9:9; 10:1; 20:1; 22:11; 25:17, 22; 31:7; 34:6, 17; 37:39; 46:1; 50:15; Ps 54:7; 71:20; 77:2; 78:49; 81:7; 86:7; 91:15; 116:3; 120:1; 138:7; 142:2; Ps 143:11; Pr. 1:27; 11:8; 12:13; 21:23; 24:10; 25:19; Isa. 8:22; 30:6; Isa 33:2; 37:3; 46:7; 63:9; 65:16; Jer. 4:31; 6:24; 14:8; 15:11; 16:19; 30:7; Jer 49:24; 50:43; Dan. 12:1; Obad. 1:12, 14; Jon. 2:2; Nah. 1:7, 9; Hab. 3:16; Zeph. 1:15; Zech. 10:11 Pr 1:27 When your dread comes like a storm And your calamity comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you. Pr 11:8 The righteous is delivered from trouble, But the wicked takes his place. Pr 12:13 An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, But the righteous will escape from trouble. Pr 21:23 He who guards his mouth and his tongue, Guards his soul from troubles. Pr 24:10 If you are slack in the day of distress, Your strength is limited. Pr 25:19 Like a bad tooth and an unsteady foot Is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble. Proverbs 1:28 "Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but they will not find me, They will - Genesis 6:3; Job 27:9; 35:12; Ps 18:41; Isaiah 1:15; Jeremiah 11:11; 14:12; Ezekiel 8:18; Micah 3:4; Zechariah 7:13; Matthew 7:22,23; 25:10-12; Luke 13:25-28; James 4:3 Will seek - Ps 78:34-36; Hosea 5:15; 6:1-4 GOD'S REJECTION OF SINNERS
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Ironside - If you are reading these pages but are not saved, you should remember there is not only a world in which you can say no to God, the God of all grace; there is also a world in which He will say no to you, if you meet Him as the God of judgment. There is not only a world in which Wisdom’s cry can be despised; there is also a world where your cry will be despised if you reject the message of grace. There is not only a place where you, in your folly and carelessness of heart, can laugh at the entreaties of Wisdom; a day will come swiftly when Wisdom will laugh at your calamity and mock your bitter anguish. Notice that God will not laugh at the grief of one of His creatures, however abandoned and iniquitous. That Wisdom which you now despise will then mock your hopeless wails. What can be worse for a lost soul than to have to remember, in the abyss of woe, the gospel messages once listened to indifferently and the Word of God once taken lightly? That soul will cry in despair, “Jesus died, yet I’m in Hell! He gave Himself for sinners. He provided a way of salvation for me, but I was foolish, and spurned His grace till grace was withdrawn. The door of mercy was closed, and now I am to be on the wrong side of that closed door forever!” Thus will Wisdom laugh at your calamity if you go out into eternity in your sin. C Ridley Pearson - Then shall they call upon Me, but I will not answer; they shall seek Me early, but they shall not find Me.”—Pr 1:28. Interpretation.—“Then,” not till after they have been called and sought with loving solicitude. To seek “early” is to seek diligently. Thus God reproaches His people with His “rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not” (Jer. 7:13). The reproach will be turned into a ground of condemnation if not heeded. The retribution will be that they shall seek Him early, but shall not find Him. Illustrations.—Esau, who had despised his birthright blessing, sought it vainly at last with tears. The Israelites, who would not hear when God spake unto them, but went against the Amorites, in vain wept before the Lord afterwards (Deut. 1:43–45). Too late did the foolish virgins knock for admission at the door they might have entered had they been in time. Application.—Wisdom reiterates her invitations. But if the sinner refuse, or make excuse, or procrastinate, then, at last, judgment utters her voice. The call was tender and winning; the sentence is severe and repellant. But who can complain of injustice? For had the truants but answered the Voice, they would have seen a Hand outstretched to beckon, to welcome them back. Yea, the very Hands that were stretched upon the cross would have been laid upon their heads in blessing. But alas! “no man regarded.” And then, when warned, by sickness or death before their eyes, by hairbreadth escapes, by many a thrilling fear, “they set at nought all His counsel.” And when to this, in love, He added the thunder of the law, the sharp remonstrances of conscience, and the touching revelation of His cross, “they would none of His reproof.” So, at last, the terrible retribution is denounced. “Because I have called, and ye refused: therefore shall ye call upon Me, but I will not answer. Because I have stretched out My hand, but no man regarded: therefore shall ye seek Me eagerly (with outstretched, suppliant hands), but ye shall not find Me. Because ye have set at nought My counsel, I also will laugh at your calamity. Because ye would none of My reproof, I will mock when your fear cometh.” Great God! is this true? Is this Thy Word? And am I yet spared? And does the Voice of Wisdom yet invite me? Oh, give me grace to heed, to obey that Voice! It calls me back to God, to my home in His Church, to a son’s place at His table, to walk henceforth in His ways. If I have not already, I must, I will return. For how self-condemned I shall be, if, at the last, I find Him deaf to my entreaties, and learn too late that in rejecting Him I ensured my own rejection! Proverbs 1:29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD. Because - Pr 1:22; 5:12; 6:23; Job 21:14,15; Ps 50:16,17; Isaiah 27:11; 30:9-12; John 3:20; Acts 7:51-54 Did not - Luke 10:42; Hebrews 11:25 Because - introduces a second accusation of sin and reason for punishment. While most uses of "for" or "because" (used as terms of explanation) cause the reader to review the preceding context, this use directs us forward. In short wisdom gives the reasons (Pr 1:29, 30), for the judgment decreed in Pr 1:31. Hated knowledge (Hebrew = sane, Lxx = miseo) - Specifically refers to moral knowledge. (See Pr 1:22). Their hatred of knowledge (Pr 1:22, 29) reminds of Jesus' description of the unregenerate in John 3... This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God.” (John 3:19-21) Choose the fear of the LORD - See Proverbs 1:7-note. The noun is an objective genitive; the LORD is to be the object of fear. Proverbs 1:30 "They would not accept my counsel, They spurned all my reproof. Pr 1:25; Ps 81:11; 119:111,173; Jeremiah 8:9; Luke 14:18-20 Walter Ewell - Even divine mercy needs human acceptance if it is to be truly redemptive, and while those who yield to wisdom’s entreaties will live, the simpletons who reject her will bring about their own destruction. Spurned (05006)(naats) means to revile, to despise, to treat with contempt, to scorn, to reject and often refers to rejecting the counsel of a wise person. Lxx translates naats with the verb mukterizo (from mukter = the nose) which means to turn up one's nose at something or someone and thus to treat with contempt, mock, sneer at (Gal 6:7). NAS Usage: blaspheme(1), blasphemed(1), despise(3), despised(5), given(1), rejects(1), spurn(3), spurned(8), spurns(1). Naats - 23v - Num. 14:11, 23; 16:30; Deut. 31:20; 32:19; 1 Sam. 2:17; 2 Sam. 12:14; Ps. 10:3, 13; 74:10, 18; 107:11; Pr. 1:30; 5:12; 15:5; Isa. 1:4; 5:24; 52:5; 60:14; Jer. 14:21; 23:17; 33:24; Lam. 2:6 NET Notes - The verb “spurned” (נָאַץ, na’ats) is parallel to “comply, accede to, be willing” (e.g., 1:10). This is how the morally stubborn fool acts (e.g., 15:5). Carson - Pr 1:29-30 and Pr 1:31 repeat the pattern of Pr 1:23-25 and Pr 1:26-28. They lament people’s deliberate refusal to commit themselves to what is right and to use their human freedom to bow down in obedience to God (Pr 1:29; cf. Pr 1:22, 32 for the stress on responsibility and choice). They warn how such human decisions have their ‘natural’ outworking comparable to the sense of surfeit that overcomes us when we eat too much (Pr 1:31). Proverbs 1:31 "So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way and be satiated with their own devices. Pr 14:14; 22:8; Job 4:8; Isaiah 3:10,11; Jeremiah 2:19; 6:19; Galatians 6:7,8 "EATING" THEIR "JUST DESERTS"! So (Therefore = NET) is a term of conclusion, so we need to ask what is being concluded (why?, why now?, etc)? Eat the fruit of their own way - This speaks of the result of their anti-God conduct (cp Isa 3:10-note, Ezek 11:21-note, Ro 6:21-note) This is shorthand for God's law of sowing and reaping. It may take a while for their "fruit" to mature, but when it does, they will find that it is rotten to the core! (Gal 6:7, 8-note, Hos 8:7). This is the ultimate punishment - God gives them over to their sinful behavior (see Ro 1:24-28- note; see the verb paradidomi) ESV Study Bible - Proverbs refers to the way of wisdom and the way of foolishness as sharing this reality: each works according to its nature. A person’s actions both manifest the state of the heart and also shape it further in the way a person will walk. The direction of each path indicates the end to which it is headed. Those who refuse to listen to Wisdom’s reproof walk in a way that will ultimately produce for their own consumption the very fruit they offered to others: the fruit of calamity, terror, and destruction. For a similar description of the paths and their ends, see Jer. 6:16-19. Be satiated with their own devices - "they will be stuffed full of their own counsel" (NET) Satiated (07646)(saba) means to be satisfied, to be filled, to be full. NET Note adds that saba "means (1) positive: “to eat one’s fill” so that one’s appetite is satisfied and (2) negative: “to eat in excess” as a glutton to the point of sickness and revulsion. Fools will not only “eat” the fruit of their own way (Pr 1:31a), they will be force-fed this revolting “menu” which will make them want to vomit (Pr 1:31b) and eventually kill them (Pr 1:32). Their own devices - They will be filled with their flawed counsels and plans in contrast to being filled with God's perfect law (Pr 19:7-note, cp Jer 15:16).
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Ironside - On the threshold of this treasure-house of wisdom we are presented with one of the sharp contrasts which characterize the book of Proverbs. There is no true knowledge apart from the fear of the Lord. All that pretends to be wisdom and ignores God is folly. “The young man” should bear this in mind when meeting the many pseudo-scientific theories now abroad. Philosophers and scholars have cast to the winds the fear of the Lord and ruled Him out of His own creation. “Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools” (Romans 1:22). As a result abounding absurdities are readily accepted by the ignorant as science and true philosophy. The word science implies exact knowledge. To call the wild guesses of evolutionists and infidel biologists science is word-prostitution. Hypotheses, however original and erudite, are not science. There never has been, and never will be, a conflict between the Bible and science. The conflict comes between the Bible and unbelievers’ vain theorizing or between unscriptural religious notions and scientific facts. (Reference)