Provérbios 7
John Piper · Citado em PreceptAustin
Provérbios 7
Piper says in his practical message on Thy Word I Have Treasured in my Heart... I believe that the Bible teaches us to memorize scripture the way an ant gathers food in summer: because it is so valuable and will be needed in the winter months. “[The ant] prepares her food in the summer, and gathers her provision in the harvest” (Proverbs 6:8). Memorizing scripture is not a discipline for its own sake. It is because the scriptures are a treasure and will be needed before the day is done to help you escape a sinful attitude and live a life that glorifies God. (Dr Piper's message is highly recommended for the equipping of God's men in the battle with the lusts of our flesh - I would encourage you if you have time to listen to the audio Mp3 version as it is even better than the transcript - Transcript = Thy Word I Have Treasured in my Heart; or the Mp3 Audio Version) Within you - Don't miss the implication of the little Hebrew preposition 'eth which is translated within. (Lxx = para = beside which can speak of closeness or in one's presence). The Hebrew preposition 'eth indicates an even closer proximity than another Hebrew preposition (im) also translated "with". The TWOT has this note on 'eth... To return to the basic meaning “with,” this preposition is used frequently in a particular theological context. This is (a) in the promises of God to man: “I am/will be with you”; (b) affirmations from man that God is indeed with them; (c) prayers of petition that God may be with them. The Scripture then is replete with the idea that God calls His people to fellowship with Himself, be it in the garden of Eden, in the odyssey of an Abraham, in a covenant situation at Sinai, in the tabernacle, in a wilderness, crossing a Jordan, entering a Canaan, and so forth. At this point we should observe that the NT is no different. It is Mark (Mark 3:13, 14, 15) who tells us that Jesus’ primary reason for calling the twelve was “that they might be with him.” The call to fellowship always precedes the call to service. (Harris, R L, Archer, G L & Waltke, B K Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament. Moody Press) Proverbs 7:2 Keep my commandments and live, and my teaching as the apple of your eye. Keep - Pr 4:13; Lev 18:5; Is 55:3; Jn 12:49,50; 14:21; 15:14; 1Jn 2:3,4; 5:1, 2, 3; Re 22:14 Apple - Deut 32:10; Ps 17:8; Zech 2:8 Bridges - Keep a jealous regard for the law. What care is necessary to guard … the apple of your eye, that most tender part of the most tender part of the body! With the same care preserve the integrity of the law. Let every part of it have its full weight. To explain it away or to lower its requirements breaks down the barrier and gives temptation an easy way in. The sensual sinner is often a covert infidel. (Proverbs 7 Exposition) (See Bridges' unabbreviated comments below). Keep...live - Observe that both verbs are commands. God is commanding us to guard or give heed His commandments and to live! Solomon is not just referring to living physically but really living (in Jesus' words) the abundant life (Jn 10:10, cp references on life - 2Ti 1:1, Col 3:4-note, 2Co 4:10, 11, Jn 20:31, 14:19, 1Jn 5:11, 12, 13) as our Creator meant it to be lived on the highest plane, as Christ lived while He trod sod and which is possible for all believers who will but surrender (yield, submit, trust and obey) to the power of the Spirit of Christ (Gal 5:16-note), Who alone can facilitate, motivate and empower a life of holiness (cp Php 2:12, 13 - see notes Php 2:12; 13). Keep in Septuagint is Lxx = phulasso [word study] = to guard In Deuteronomy (just before Israel was to enter the promised land) Moses linked the hearing and heeding of God's Word with real life and with blessing... (Moses) said to them, "Take (Septuagint = Lxx = prosecho in present imperative = make this your habitual practice to be alert and concerned) to your heart all the words with which I am warning you today, which you shall command your sons to observe carefully (i.e., obey, cp Lk 11:28, James 1:22, 23, 24, 25-see notes), even all the words of this law. 47 For it (the words of this law) is not an idle (empty, vain) word for you; indeed it (the word) is your life. (You might want to read Moses' explanation again!) And by this word you will prolong your days in the land, which you are about to cross the Jordan to possess (blessings for obedience to the Word)." (Deut 32:46, 47) This command to keep my commandments is similar to that given by Paul to Timothy... Retain (present imperative = command calling for this to be a way of life, our continual, habitual practice) the standard (see word study) of sound (hugiaino = "healthy") words which you have heard from me, (How can we retain this standard?) in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus (Thus we need to continually abide in His Word, abide in the Vine if we would be enabled with faith and love He provides through His indwelling Spirit). (2Ti 1:13 - note) As the apple (iyshown) - (figurative of course = simile) The idea of this figurative comparison is that the teaching like the pupil of the eye is necessary for sight and must be assiduously kept from injury. The pupil was considered by the ancients to be a sphere like an apple. See note on the value of observing and accurately interpreting terms of comparison = metaphors and similes. See also Guidelines for Figuring our Figurative Language Semantic Domains says that 'iyshown (apple) is... the black center of the eyeball, tender and important part of sight (Dt 32:10; Ps 17:8; Pr 20:20), note: NIV translates as “apple (of the eye)” not as a reference to fruit, but the English idiom of what is precious and cherished The point is that even as the pupil is a symbol of a most precious thing which is carefully protected, so too we are to give constant attentiveness and care to the teaching (cf. Dt 32:10). We are to guard these teachings because they give spiritual and moral sight. In the context of Solomon's mini-seminar on "How to Keep from Sexual Immorality", it is notable that sexual sin often begins with undisciplined eyes and hands (Mt 5:27, 28, 29, 30). As alluded to elsewhere the real problem is the problem of the heart. TSK writes - As the pupil of the eye, the hole or the opening of the uveous coat, or iris, through which the rays of light pass, and falling upon the retina, there depict every object in its natural colour, as upon a piece of white paper. Now the pupil of the eye being essentially necessary to sight, and easily injured, it is not only, in common with the other parts, deeply entrenched in the skull, ramparted with the forehead and cheek bones, defended by the eyebrows, eyelids, and eyelashes, and placed so as to be best protected by the hands, but, by a wonderful mechanism, is contracted or dilated by the muscular power of the iris, without which an excess of light would cause instant blindness. (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge) Proverbs 7:3 Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart. Deut 11:18, 19, 20; Is 30:8; Je 17:1; 31:33; 2Co 3:3 Bridges - Let God’s commands be at hand for constant use. Bind them on your fingers. In this way they will always be in sight, so they may be ready whenever they are needed. So they can be used in a practical way, write them on the tablet of your heart. Oh, my God, this is your almighty work! But you have promised to do it for your people (Jeremiah 31:33). I take hold of your covenant. Lord, seal your promised grace on me! (Proverbs 7 Exposition) (See Bridges' unabbreviated comments below). Bind them - (Hebrew = qashar = of literal binding, but here figurative, cp souls of David and Jonathan in 1Sa 18:1) This command is a common metaphor in the OT emphasizing the vital importance and absolute necessity to hold fast to the faithful (Titus 1:9-note) commandments and teaching of God. All four of the following parallel passages use qashar for bind. Proverbs 3:3 Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart. Proverbs 6:21 Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck (Ed: not to "choke" you but to give you life!). Deuteronomy 6:8 "And you shall bind (perfect tense) them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. 9 "And you shall write (perfect tense) them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. Deuteronomy 11:18 "You shall therefore impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind (perfect tense) them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. 19 "And you shall teach them to your sons, talking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road and when you lie down and when you rise up. 20 "And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, Proverbs 7:4 Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call (imperfect tense) understanding your intimate friend Say - Pr 2:2, 3, 4; 4:6, 7, 8 You - Job 17:14; Song 8:1; Mt 12:49,50; Lk 11:27,28) Bridges - Let wisdom be the object of tender affection, as a sister or kinsman. (Proverbs 7 Exposition) (See Bridges' unabbreviated comments below). Wisdom...sister...understanding...intimate friend - Pictures the close attachment we are to maintain with wisdom and understanding. Be in continual contact with them even as you frequently get in touch with your relative or close friend. See = Wisdom (02451) chokmah Intimate friend is used only one other place in the OT - Ruth 2:1 "kinsman". F B
Provérbios 7:1-27
Piper says in his practical message on Thy Word I Have Treasured in my Heart... I believe that the Bible teaches us to memorize scripture the way an ant gathers food in summer: because it is so valuable and will be needed in the winter months. “[The ant] prepares her food in the summer, and gathers her provision in the harvest” (Proverbs 6:8). Memorizing scripture is not a discipline for its own sake. It is because the scriptures are a treasure and will be needed before the day is done to help you escape a sinful attitude and live a life that glorifies God. (Dr Piper's message is highly recommended for the equipping of God's men in the battle with the lusts of our flesh - I would encourage you if you have time to listen to the audio Mp3 version as it is even better than the transcript - Transcript = Thy Word I Have Treasured in my Heart; or the Mp3 Audio Version) Within you - Don't miss the implication of the little Hebrew preposition 'eth which is translated within. (Lxx = para = beside which can speak of closeness or in one's presence). The Hebrew preposition 'eth indicates an even closer proximity than another Hebrew preposition (im) also translated "with". The TWOT has this note on 'eth... To return to the basic meaning “with,” this preposition is used frequently in a particular theological context. This is (a) in the promises of God to man: “I am/will be with you”; (b) affirmations from man that God is indeed with them; (c) prayers of petition that God may be with them. The Scripture then is replete with the idea that God calls His people to fellowship with Himself, be it in the garden of Eden, in the odyssey of an Abraham, in a covenant situation at Sinai, in the tabernacle, in a wilderness, crossing a Jordan, entering a Canaan, and so forth. At this point we should observe that the NT is no different. It is Mark (Mark 3:13, 14, 15) who tells us that Jesus’ primary reason for calling the twelve was “that they might be with him.” The call to fellowship always precedes the call to service. (Harris, R L, Archer, G L & Waltke, B K Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament. Moody Press) Proverbs 7:2 Keep my commandments and live, and my teaching as the apple of your eye. Keep - Pr 4:13; Lev 18:5; Is 55:3; Jn 12:49,50; 14:21; 15:14; 1Jn 2:3,4; 5:1, 2, 3; Re 22:14 Apple - Deut 32:10; Ps 17:8; Zech 2:8 Bridges - Keep a jealous regard for the law. What care is necessary to guard … the apple of your eye, that most tender part of the most tender part of the body! With the same care preserve the integrity of the law. Let every part of it have its full weight. To explain it away or to lower its requirements breaks down the barrier and gives temptation an easy way in. The sensual sinner is often a covert infidel. (Proverbs 7 Exposition) (See Bridges' unabbreviated comments below). Keep...live - Observe that both verbs are commands. God is commanding us to guard or give heed His commandments and to live! Solomon is not just referring to living physically but really living (in Jesus' words) the abundant life (Jn 10:10, cp references on life - 2Ti 1:1, Col 3:4-note, 2Co 4:10, 11, Jn 20:31, 14:19, 1Jn 5:11, 12, 13) as our Creator meant it to be lived on the highest plane, as Christ lived while He trod sod and which is possible for all believers who will but surrender (yield, submit, trust and obey) to the power of the Spirit of Christ (Gal 5:16-note), Who alone can facilitate, motivate and empower a life of holiness (cp Php 2:12, 13 - see notes Php 2:12; 13). Keep in Septuagint is Lxx = phulasso [word study] = to guard In Deuteronomy (just before Israel was to enter the promised land) Moses linked the hearing and heeding of God's Word with real life and with blessing... (Moses) said to them, "Take (Septuagint = Lxx = prosecho in present imperative = make this your habitual practice to be alert and concerned) to your heart all the words with which I am warning you today, which you shall command your sons to observe carefully (i.e., obey, cp Lk 11:28, James 1:22, 23, 24, 25-see notes), even all the words of this law. 47 For it (the words of this law) is not an idle (empty, vain) word for you; indeed it (the word) is your life. (You might want to read Moses' explanation again!) And by this word you will prolong your days in the land, which you are about to cross the Jordan to possess (blessings for obedience to the Word)." (Deut 32:46, 47) This command to keep my commandments is similar to that given by Paul to Timothy... Retain (present imperative = command calling for this to be a way of life, our continual, habitual practice) the standard (see word study) of sound (hugiaino = "healthy") words which you have heard from me, (How can we retain this standard?) in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus (Thus we need to continually abide in His Word, abide in the Vine if we would be enabled with faith and love He provides through His indwelling Spirit). (2Ti 1:13 - note) As the apple (iyshown) - (figurative of course = simile) The idea of this figurative comparison is that the teaching like the pupil of the eye is necessary for sight and must be assiduously kept from injury. The pupil was considered by the ancients to be a sphere like an apple. See note on the value of observing and accurately interpreting terms of comparison = metaphors and similes. See also Guidelines for Figuring our Figurative Language Semantic Domains says that 'iyshown (apple) is... the black center of the eyeball, tender and important part of sight (Dt 32:10; Ps 17:8; Pr 20:20), note: NIV translates as “apple (of the eye)” not as a reference to fruit, but the English idiom of what is precious and cherished The point is that even as the pupil is a symbol of a most precious thing which is carefully protected, so too we are to give constant attentiveness and care to the teaching (cf. Dt 32:10). We are to guard these teachings because they give spiritual and moral sight. In the context of Solomon's mini-seminar on "How to Keep from Sexual Immorality", it is notable that sexual sin often begins with undisciplined eyes and hands (Mt 5:27, 28, 29, 30). As alluded to elsewhere the real problem is the problem of the heart. TSK writes - As the pupil of the eye, the hole or the opening of the uveous coat, or iris, through which the rays of light pass, and falling upon the retina, there depict every object in its natural colour, as upon a piece of white paper. Now the pupil of the eye being essentially necessary to sight, and easily injured, it is not only, in common with the other parts, deeply entrenched in the skull, ramparted with the forehead and cheek bones, defended by the eyebrows, eyelids, and eyelashes, and placed so as to be best protected by the hands, but, by a wonderful mechanism, is contracted or dilated by the muscular power of the iris, without which an excess of light would cause instant blindness. (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge) Proverbs 7:3 Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart. Deut 11:18, 19, 20; Is 30:8; Je 17:1; 31:33; 2Co 3:3 Bridges - Let God’s commands be at hand for constant use. Bind them on your fingers. In this way they will always be in sight, so they may be ready whenever they are needed. So they can be used in a practical way, write them on the tablet of your heart. Oh, my God, this is your almighty work! But you have promised to do it for your people (Jeremiah 31:33). I take hold of your covenant. Lord, seal your promised grace on me! (Proverbs 7 Exposition) (See Bridges' unabbreviated comments below). Bind them - (Hebrew = qashar = of literal binding, but here figurative, cp souls of David and Jonathan in 1Sa 18:1) This command is a common metaphor in the OT emphasizing the vital importance and absolute necessity to hold fast to the faithful (Titus 1:9-note) commandments and teaching of God. All four of the following parallel passages use qashar for bind. Proverbs 3:3 Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart. Proverbs 6:21 Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck (Ed: not to "choke" you but to give you life!). Deuteronomy 6:8 "And you shall bind (perfect tense) them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. 9 "And you shall write (perfect tense) them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. Deuteronomy 11:18 "You shall therefore impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind (perfect tense) them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. 19 "And you shall teach them to your sons, talking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road and when you lie down and when you rise up. 20 "And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, Proverbs 7:4 Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call (imperfect tense) understanding your intimate friend Say - Pr 2:2, 3, 4; 4:6, 7, 8 You - Job 17:14; Song 8:1; Mt 12:49,50; Lk 11:27,28) Bridges - Let wisdom be the object of tender affection, as a sister or kinsman. (Proverbs 7 Exposition) (See Bridges' unabbreviated comments below). Wisdom...sister...understanding...intimate friend - Pictures the close attachment we are to maintain with wisdom and understanding. Be in continual contact with them even as you frequently get in touch with your relative or close friend. See = Wisdom (02451) chokmah Intimate friend is used only one other place in the OT - Ruth 2:1 "kinsman". F B