Those who walk by sight, and not by faith, are in danger of losing reason itself, when every thing about them looks frightful. A wise man will hear and increase learning, And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel, To understand a proverb and an enigma, The words of the wise. A characteristic word or expression a word or phrase associated with a. To complete their misery, it is threatened that by these troubles they should be bereaved of all comfort and hope, and left to utter despair. A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying a frequently used word or phrase.
We may observe the fulfilling of these threatenings in their present state. For example in Deut > 28:37, it says, > 'And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, > and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD > shall lead. Many judgments are here stated, which would be the fruits of the curse, and with which God would punish the people of the Jews, for their apostacy and disobedience. to become a hiss and a byword among them -' > I figured it was simply a phrase plagiarized from > the KJV Bible but the four verses in the KJV Bible > do NOT have the 'a hiss' part. but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people. All his enjoyments are made bitter he cannot take any true comfort in them, for the wrath of God mixes itself with them. Wherever the sinner goes, the curse of God follows wherever he is, it rests upon him. It is not a curse causeless, or for some light cause. proverb: a brief, pithy saying, condensing in witty or striking form the. If we do not keep God's commandments, we not only come short of the blessing promised, but we lay ourselves under the curse, which includes all misery, as the blessing all happiness. Definition of a proverb in English Turkish dictionary.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:37 Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:15-44
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