24When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. …
Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-26)Solomon, having pronounced those happy who not only lay hold on wisdom, but retain her, here exhorts us therefore to retain her, assuring us that we ourselves shall have the comfort of doing so. I. The exhortation is, to have religion’s rules always in view and always at heart, Prov. 3:21. 1. To have them always in view: “ My son, let them not depart from thy eyes ; let not thy eyes ever depart fr…
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