Category Archives: Commentary

Proverbs 11

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Rewards for Conduct, Continued Proverbs 11   Proverbs 11.        CHAPTER 11 1 A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight. 2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowly is wisdom. 3 The integrity of the upright guideth them; but the […]

Proverbs 10

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Rewards for Conduct Proverbs 10   Proverbs 10.        CHAPTER 10 1 The Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother. 2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death. 3 Jehovah suffereth not the soul of […]

Proverbs 9

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Wisdom Builds A House Proverbs 9   Proverbs 9.        CHAPTER 9 1 Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars; 2 she hath slaughtered her cattle, she hath mingled her wine, she hath also prepared her table; 3 she hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth […]

Proverbs 8

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Ways of Wisdom: A Type of Christ Proverbs 8   Proverbs 8.        CHAPTER 8 1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding give forth her voice? 2 On the top of high places by the way, at the cross-paths she taketh her stand. 3 Beside the gates, at the entry […]

Proverbs 7

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   The Folly of Immorality Proverbs 7   Proverbs 7.        CHAPTER 7 1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. 2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my teaching, as the apple of thine eye. 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet […]

Proverbs 6

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Wealth and the Government of God Proverbs 6   Proverbs 6.        CHAPTER 6 1 My son, if thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand for a stranger, 2 thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of […]

Proverbs 5

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Marital Joy and Faithfulness Proverbs 5   Proverbs 5.        CHAPTER 5 1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, incline thine ear to my understanding; 2 that thou mayest keep reflection, and that thy lips may preserve knowledge. 3 For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth […]

Proverbs 4

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Importance of Receiving Instruction and Walking in It Proverbs 4   Proverbs 4.      CHAPTER 4 1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know intelligence; 2 for I give you good doctrine: forsake ye not my law. 3 For I was a son unto my father, tender […]

Proverbs 3

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Importance of Trusting and Submitting to the Lord Proverbs 3   Proverbs 3.        CHAPTER 3 1 My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments; 2 for length of days, and years of life, and peace shall they add to thee. 3 Let not loving-kindness and […]

Proverbs 2

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Importance of Seeking Wisdom Proverbs 2   Proverbs 2.        CHAPTER 2 1 My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee, 2 so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom and thou apply thy heart to understanding; 3 yea, if thou criest after discernment and […]

Proverbs 1

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Introduction and Beginning Lessons Proverbs 1   Proverbs 1.        CHAPTER 1 1 Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: 2 to know wisdom and instruction; to discern the words of understanding; 3 to receive the instruction of wisdom, righteousness and judgment, and equity; 4 to give prudence to […]

1 John 5

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Culmination and Conclusion 1 John 5   1 John 5. In this final chapter of the first epistle, John gives the characteristics of God’s children, beginning with love for other who are begotten of God, and concluding with the believer’s victory over the world (vv.1-5). Then, he speaks of the witnesses to the […]

1 John 1:1 – 2:11

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Introduction: Eternal Life and its Manifestation 1 John 1:1 – 2:11   1 John 1:1 – 2:11. The first chapter and a half of John’s first epistle serve as an introduction to the whole.1 All the elements of the epistle are contained in this section. It begins with the doctrine: the Eternal Life […]

James 5

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Dealing with Sin and Its Consequences James 5   James 5. In the final chapter of James we have several things that pertain to dealing with sin and its consequences. The chapter can really be divided in two halves. First, there is the issue of injustices that the saints experience – sins against […]

James 4

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Overcoming Evil in Various Forms James 4   James 4. As in the previous chapters, James now draws on another thread that he touched on in chapter 1. The temptations to sin that we face are really a result of being drawn away by our own lusts. Particularly it centers around the exhortation […]

James 3

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Wisdom Proved by Meekness and Control of the Tongue James 3   James 3. Just as the second chapter expanded on the thread of caring for the poor that was introduced briefly in the first chapter (Jam. 1:9-11), so the third chapter expands on another thread previously introduced; that of controlling the tongue […]