[120] E. 19^{1}. [121] Pr. 3^{7}. [122] Pr. 13^{12}. [123] E. 2^{12-14}. [124] Pr. 21^{30, 31}. [125] C. 78. [126] L. P. Jacks, _From the Human End_, p. 16. [127] Bacon, _Essay on Riches_. [128] Bacon is referring to Pr. 18^{11}. [129] E. 11^{2}. [130] E. 6^{35, 36}. [131] Pr. 25^{17}. [132] Pr. 26^{4}. [133] Pr. 18^{13}. [134] E. 18^{19}; cp. _First learn, then form opinions_ (C. 217). [135] Pr. 24^{27}. [136] C. 181. [137] Pr. 27^{1}. [138] E. 7^{18}. [139] E. 7^{11}. [140] E. 8^{5-7}. [141] E. 7^{1-3}. [142] Pr. 24^{1}. [143] Pr. 23^{17}. [144] E. 15^{11, 12}. [145] E. 7^{9}. [146] Pr. 4^{23}. [147] E. 7^{10}. [148] Pr. 16^{3}. [149] Cp. _James_ 4^{6}; _1 Peter_ 5^{5}. [150] A verse which, as Oesterley observes, affords an interesting combination of the doctrines of Grace and Free-will; cp. _John_ 7^{17}. [151] The quotation in _Hebrews_ is taken from the Greek (LXX) text of _Proverbs_: the Hebrew text of _Proverbs_ now reads “Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth,” but the original text probably had “and paineth” instead of the words “Even as a father”--the difference in Hebrew is very slight (cp. p. 192). [152] Arnot, _Laws from Heaven_, p. 130f. [153] From a letter quoted in Holmes, _Walter Greenway, Spy; and Others, Sometime Criminal_. [154] Horton, _Proverbs_ (_Expositor’s Bible_), p. 318. [155] See the articles by Dr. Rendel Harris on _The Origin of the Prologue to St. John’s Gospel_ in the _Expositor_, Aug. 1916-Jan. 1917. Note also the acknowledgment of Christ as Wisdom, implied in the story of the homage of the Wise Men at His birth, _Matt._ 2^{12}. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Studies in Life from Jewish Proverbs, by W. A. L. (William Alexander Leslie) Elmslie