17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-19)Here Solomon gives another general rule to young people, in order to their finding out, and keeping in, the paths of wisdom, and that is to take heed of the snare of bad company. David’s psalms begin with this caution, and so do Solomon’s proverbs; for nothing is more destructive, both to a lively devotion and to a regular conversation (Prov. 1:10): “ My son , whom I love, and have a tender concer…
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