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Proverbs 24 — Sermon Preparation
Proverbs urging against envy of the wicked, praising wisdom that builds a house, calling for courage to rescue the innocent, and warning against gloating over an enemy's fall. Below is a research summary for Proverbs 24, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Proverbs 24 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רָשָׁע | râshâʻ | H7563 | 5 | wrong, bad |
| לֵב | lêb | H3820 | 4 | heart, feelings |
| מְעַט | mᵉʻaṭ | H4592 | 3 | little, few |
| רָעַע | râʻaʻ | H7489 | 3 | spoil, make |
| יָדַע | yâdaʻ | H3045 | 4 | know, seeing |
| שׁוּב | shûwb | H7725 | 4 | turn, return |
| שָׂפָה | sâphâh | H8193 | 3 | lip, language |
How preachers through history handled this text
16 public-domain excerpts on Proverbs 24, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The sincere soul falls as a traveller may do, by stumbling at some stone in his path; but gets up, and goes on his way with more care and speed. This is rather to be understood of falls into affliction, than falls into actual sin.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Proverbs 24:15–20 (Public Domain)
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