Paul used strong language in dealing
with false teachers. He did not merely say they deceived people and led them
into error--which is bad enough; he wrote that through error, their victims
were overthrown.
In English, to overthrow
means to bring about downfall or destruction. The Greek word, anatrepō,
which is used in this passage, means the same.
It is unfortunate that Bible commentators
mitigate the "destruction" spoken of in this passage by adding the word “figuratively” in
their definitions the word, anatrepō.
Holding fast the Faithful
Word as he has been taught that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort
and to convince the gainsayers For there are many unruly and vain
talkers and deceivers specially they of the circumcision Whose
mouths must be stopped who overthrow [anatrepō] entire households 2
Timothy 3:6 teaching things which they ought not for filthy lucre's sake
Titus 1:9-11
1:
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches and loving favor rather
than silver and gold 2: The rich and poor meet together YHWH
is
the maker of them all 3: The prudent foresees the evil and hides but the
simple pass on and are punished 4: By humility and the fear of YHWH
are riches and honor and life 5: Thorns and snares are in the way of the
forward [deceitful, false, perverse] they that guard their souls
shall be [kept] far from them [far from the thorns and snares] 6:
Train up children in the way they should go and when they are old they will not
depart from it 7: The rich rules over the poor and the borrower is slave
to the lender
8: they that sow iniquity shall reap trouble whatever seeds we
plant, germinate and grow and the rod of their anger shall fail 9:
They who have bountiful eyes shall be blessed for they give of their bread to
the poor Proverbs 19:17, Psalm 41:1-3 10: Cast out the
scorner and contention shall go out Yes strife and shame shall cease 11:
They that love pureness of heart for the grace of their lips the king shall be their
friend 12: The eyes of YHWH preserve knowledge and he
overthrows the words of the transgressor 13: The slothful says There is
a lion without I shall be slain in the streets makes imaginative excuses
for not going out to work? 14: The mouth of strange whorish women
is a deep pit He that is abhorred of YHWH shall fall therein 15:
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child but the rod of correction shall
drive it far from them 16: They who oppress the poor to increase riches
and they that give to the rich shall surely come to lack 17:
Bow down your ear and hear the words of the wise and apply your heart to my
knowledge 18: For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you they
shall withal be fitted in your lips 19: That your trust may be in YHWH
I have made known to you this day even to you 20: Have not I written to you
excellent things in counsels and knowledge 21: That I might make you
know the certainty of the words of truth that you might answer the words of
truth to them that send to you 22: Rob not the poor because they are
poor neither oppress the afflicted in the gate 23: For YHWH
will plead their cause and spoil the souls of those that spoiled them 24:
Make no friendship with an angry person and with a furious one you shall not go
25: Lest you learn their ways and get a snare to your soul 26: Be
not thou one of them that strike hands [in agreement] or of them that are
sureties [stand good] for [other’s] debts 27: If you have nothing to pay
why should they take away your bed from under you 28: Remove not the
ancient landmark which your fathers have set 29: See those diligent in
business they shall stand before kings they shall not stand before the
insignificant
YHWH H3068
(Hebrew has no vowels) These four letters are the name of God and are known to
scholars as the Tetragrammaton [pronounced, Yahweh or Yahveh]
and sometimes translated and pronounced as Jehovah. according to Jewish
scholar, Kaufmann Kohler (Jewish Theology page 61), the correct pronunciation
of the Tetragrammaton has never been lost and is pronounced Yahveh.
In the HHBC, any use of the Tetragrammaton in the Hebrew Text will be left
untranslated, and any New Testament Greek citing of the Tetragrammaton from an
Old Covenant source will be treated as Hebrew. The Tetragrammaton, [YHWH],
will be used in place of the incorrect “LORD.” … As this commentary is also
posted online one chapter at a time, readers may find this definition posted in
footnotes for first use of the Tetragrammaton in any given chapter.
1: Wise children
hear a father's instruction but scorners hear not rebuke 2: 'Iysh shall eat good by
the fruit of their mouths but the souls of transgressors shall eat violence 3:
They that guard their
mouths protect their lives but they that open wide their lips shall have
destruction 4: The souls of sluggards desire and have nothing but the
souls of the diligent shall be made fat 5: The righteous hate lying but the
wicked are loathsome and come to shame 6: Righteousness keeps them that are
upright in The Way but wickedness
overthrows sinners 7: There are [those] who make themselves rich yet have nothing Revelation
3:17 there are [those] who make themselves poor yet have great riches Revelation
2:9 8: The ransom of 'iysh’s life are their riches
but the poor hears not rebuke 9: The light of the righteous rejoices but
the lamp of the wicked shall be put out 10: Only by pride comes contention but with the
well advised is wisdom 11: Wealth gotten by worthless means shall be diminished
but they that gather by labor shall [have] increase 12: Hope deferred
makes the heart sick but when the desire comes it is a tree of life 13:
Whoever despises The Word Psalm
100:5 [TR]
shall be destroyed but they that fear The Commandment Matthew 22:36-40 shall be rewarded 14:
The law of the wise is a fountain of life to depart from the snares of death 15:
Good understanding gives favor but the way of transgressors is hard 16: The prudent deals
with knowledge but fools lay open their folly 17: A wicked messenger
falls into affliction but a faithful ambassador health Exodus 15:26, Hebrews 8:6 18:
Poverty and shame shall be to those who refuse instruction but they that regard
reproof shall be honored 19: The desire accomplished is sweet to the
soul but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil 20: They that walk with the wise
shall be wise but companions of fools shall be destroyed 21: Evil
pursues sinners but to the righteous good shall be repayed 22: The good
leave an inheritance to their children's children and the wealth of sinners is
laid up for the just 23: Much food is in the tillage of the poor but there is that is destroyed
for lack of justice [or careful planning] 24:
[They that] withhold [discipline, not exercising parental] authority hate their
children but they who love them chastise them early [from a young age] 25:
The righteous eat to the satisfying of their souls but the belly of the wicked
shall lack
'iysh H376 Hebrew for man;
husband; mixed crowds of both women and men; homosapien-sapien in general; even
translated by scholars as “you [thou]” in Proverbs 3:31 (KJV). The word, Iysh, has no legitimate claim as a word exclusive
to males. Context alone must determine translation...In this commentary, the phonetic spelling of
the Hebrew word 'iysh
is used instead of the word man, mankind, or human whenever the word refers
to mixed crowds of both sexes or to the human race in general. As this commentary
is posted online one chapter at a time, readers may find this definition posted
in footnotes for first use of in any given chapter
References containing [TR] in bracketed
superscript
are alerts that some Masoretic/Minority/eclectic Hebrew and Greek texts
contradict the Ben Chayyim Masoretic and Majority Texts (Textus Receptus/Received
Text 3rd Edition) that the King James Version [and other Bible
versions] are based upon. In these instances, doctrines critical to
Christianity, such as the Godhead, the virgin birth, and the physical
resurrection of Christ, are almost always negatively impacted. As this commentary
is posted online one chapter at a time, readers may find this [TR] alert
posted in footnotes for first use of in any given chapter
