mākar

  • The Severity of Knowing (3)

    Buy truth, and do not sell it, get wisdom, instruction, and understanding. Proverbs 23:23  NASB Do not sell – The verb is mākar.  Kaiser comments: “One passage uses the verb figuratively, ‘buying the truth and selling it not’ (Prov 23:23). Perhaps the Israelite king, Ahab, illustrates that passage, since ‘he sold himself to work wickedness’ under the…