Proverbs 1:32

“turning away--that is, from the call of Pro 1:23. simple--as in Pro 1:22. prosperity--quiet, implying indifference.”

“Turning - Wisdom had called the simple to “turn,” and they had turned, but it was “away” from her. For “prosperity” read carelessness. Not outward prosperity, but the temper which it too often produces, the easy-going indifference to higher truths, is that which destroys. return to 'Top of Page' Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliographical Information Barnes, Albert. "Commentary on Proverbs 1". "Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/bnb/proverbs-1.html. 1870. StudyLight.org © 2001-2026 Powered by Lightspeed Technology”

“Turning - From God. Destroy - Shall prove the occasion of their ruin, by making them presumptuous, and secure. Next: Proverbs Chapter 2”

“the turning: Pro 8:36; Joh 3:36; Heb 10:38, Heb 10:39, Heb 12:25 and the: Deut. 32:15-44; Psa 69:22, Psa 92:6, Psa 92:7; Luk 12:16-21, Luk 16:19-25; Heb 12:8; Jam 5:5 prosperity: or, ease, Jer 48:11, Jer 48:12 Proverbs 1:33”

“The discourse is now summarily brought to a close: 32 For the perverseness of the simple slays them, And the security of fools destroys them. 33 But whoever harkeneth to me dwells secure, And is at rest from fear of evil. Of the two interpretations of שׁוּב, a turning towards (with אל and the like, conversion) or a turning away (with מאחרי or מעל, desertion), in משׁוּבה the latter (as in the post-Bib. תּשׁוּבה, repentance, the former) is expressed; apostasy from wisdom and from God are conjoined. שׁלוה is here carnalis securitas; but the word may also denote the external and the internal peace of the righteous, as שׁאנן, whence שׁלאנן, Job 21:23, as a superlative is formed by the insertion…”