[32] Prov. ii. 21, 22.
[33] Prov. i. 31-33.
[34] Prov. ix. 12, 18.
[35] Cf. xxviii. 26, "He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered."
[36] Prov. iii. 1-10.
[37] Luke xviii. 29, 30.
[38] The Hebrew word שִׁקּוּי in iii. 8b is the same as that which is translated "my drink" in Hosea ii. 6. The LXX. render it "marrow," but it means the moisture which in a natural and healthy state keeps the bones supple, as opposed to the dryness which is produced by senility or disease.
[39] Si ton Dieu veut ta mort, c'est déjà trop vécu.
[40] Prov. iii. 29.
[41] Prov. iii. 33.