Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:
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Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:
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Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
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Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction.
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Passages linked to Proverbs 24:32 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Corinthians 10:11 Now all these things happened to them by way of example, and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come.
- Deuteronomy 13:11 All Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall not do any more wickedness like this among you.
- Deuteronomy 21:21 All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall remove the evil from among you. All Israel shall hear, and fear.
- Deuteronomy 32:29 Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
- Job 7:17 What is man, that you should magnify him, that you should set your mind on him,
- Psalms 4:4 Stand in awe, and don’t sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still.
- Luke 2:19 But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.
- Luke 2:51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
- 1 Corinthians 10:6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
- Jude 1:5-7 Now I desire to remind you, though you already know this, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who didn’t believe. Angels who didn’t keep their first domain, but deserted their own dwelling place, he has kept in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day. Even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, having in the same way as these given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are shown as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That I might learn by another man’s fault.
That I might learn by another man’s fault.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Pro 24:32 Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well:…
Pro 24:32 Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received instruction.
Ver. 32. Then I saw and considered it well.] I made my best use of it for mine own instruction. A bee can suck honey out of a flower, which a fly cannot do; so a spiritual mind can extract good out of every object and occurrence, even out of other men’s faults and follies. He can gather grapes of thorns, and figs of thistles, as here. Well, therefore, may grace be called "the divine nature"; {2Pe 1:4} for as God draws light out of darkness, good out of evil, &c., so doth grace, by a heavenly kind of alchemy, as I may so say.
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And received instruction.] Exemplo alterius qui sapit, ille sapit. The worse others are, the better should we be, getting as far off from the wicked as we can in our daily practice, and "saving ourselves from this untoward generation."
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain I learned wisdom by his folly, and by his…
I learned wisdom by his folly, and by his gross idleness was provoked to greater care and diligence.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,....…
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,.... Swiftly and suddenly, both in a temporal and spiritual sense; See Gill on Pro 6:11;
and thy want as an armed man; irresistibly. Here ends according to some the "second", according to others the "third" part of this book of Proverbs, another beginning with the following chapter.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Received - I learned wisdom by his folly.
Received - I learned wisdom by his folly.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Which. Septuagint, "at last I repented: I looked forward…
Which. Septuagint, "at last I repented: I looked forward to receive instruction."
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain From the folly of the sluggard learn wisdom (Pro…
From the folly of the sluggard learn wisdom (Pro 6:10-11).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Then I saw, and considered it well. (Pro_22:17) I…
Then I saw, and considered it well. (Pro_22:17) I looked in this sight, and let it sink into my mind. I looked upon it, and received instruction. (Pro_8:10) I learned a lesson from what I saw.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain v. 32. Then I saw and considered it well,…
v. 32. Then I saw and considered it well, observing the lesson taught by that neglected field; I looked upon it and received instruction, laying down the admonition conveyed by the scene of desolation in a maxim for others.
Paul E. Kretzmann, Popular Commentary of the Bible (1921–1924) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 received instruction
received instruction
"learned a lesson"
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A little sleep ... to rest—and poverty comes
You may need to fill in the omitted words. AT: "You may say to yourself, 'A little sleep ... to rest'—but then poverty will come" (See: Ellipsis)
poverty comes marching upon you
Some translations read, "poverty comes upon you like a robber." Poverty is spoken of as if it were a person or animal that can attack a lazy person. (See: Personification)
your needs like an armed soldier
Needs are spoken of as if they were a person who could attack the lazy person. AT: "your needs will come to you like an armed soldier" (See: Simile and Personification)
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