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CHAPTER 3
_ 1. The call and promise of wisdom (Proverbs 3:1)_
2. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom (Proverbs 3:11)
3. Promise and instruction (Proverbs 3:21)...
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FOURTH Discourse. The sage exhorts the young man to heed his oral
instruction (_torah),_ and to trust in Yahweh, fear Him, and honour
Him in the prescribed manner of firstfruits. It is interesting to...
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_thy foot shall not stumble_ Lit. THOU SHALT NOT DASH THY FOOT, R.V.
margin. Comp. Psalms 91:12, where "against a stone" is added....
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DISCOURSE: 760
TRUE RELIGION DELINEATED
Proverbs 3:21. _My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep
sound wisdom and discretion: so shall they be life unto thy soul, and
grace to thy neck. Then...
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MY SON, LET NOT THEM DEPART, &C.— Wisdom gives life, health, safety,
to body and soul: it is the most precious ornament of those who
possess it: for the rest, when the wise man in so many places promi...
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TEXT Proverbs 3:13-26
13.
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,
And the man that getteth understanding.
14.
For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver,
And the profit thereof tha...
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THE BLESSINGS OF OBEDIENCE AND OF CHASTISEMENT
The first and third divisions, 1-10, 21-35, are exhortations to good
conduct and promises of consequent blessing. The second, 11-20,
declares the profit...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 3
V1 My son, do not forget my law.
Keep my commands in your heart.
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This is another passage that compares life with a journey. This
passage teaches us that God will protect us. We have nothing to fear.
Many Psalms teach a similar lesson. See Psalms 121; Psalms 46:1, a...
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אָ֤ז תֵּלֵ֣ךְ לָ בֶ֣טַח דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ
וְ֝ רַגְל
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CHAPTER 10
TWO VOICES IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE CITY
Proverbs 9:1, Proverbs 20:14 with Proberbs 3, and Proverbs 20:16 with
Prove
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WISDOM'S WAYS OF PLEASANTNESS
Proverbs 3:13-26
Wisdom is susceptible of cultivation. It is a _mine_ that needs to be
worked with patient toil. Compare Proverbs 3:13-15 with Job 28:18. It
is comparab...
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As the former address had to do with the search for wisdom, this, in
view of the value of if is an appeal to cultivate wisdom. The appeal
consists of a declaration of its essence (verses Pro 3:1-10),...
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My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and
discretion: So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy
neck. Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall no...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9.
There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter
s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly
so...
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THEN SHALL THOU WALK IN THY WAY SAFELY,.... In the way of thy duty and
business, without fear of any enemy; having in sight the Captain of
salvation gone before, and walking in such ways of pleasantne...
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Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not
stumble.
Ver. 23. _Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely._] _Fiducialiter,_
saith the Vulgate - confidently and securely. Every malvoy...
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_Then shalt thou walk in thy way_ Manage all thy employments and
concerns _safely, securely_, or _confidently_, without danger or fear,
casting thy care on God, in the discharge of thy duty. _And thy...
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Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, free from anxiety and care,
secure in the Lord's protection, AND THY FOOT SHALL NOT STUMBLE, on
account of some obstruction with which the enemies attempt to br...
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THE HAPPINESS OF POSSESSING TRUE WISDOM...
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21-26 Let us not suffer Christ's words to depart from us, but keep
sound wisdom and discretion; then shall we walk safely in his ways.
The natural life, and all that belongs to it, shall be under the...
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WALK IN THY WAY; manage all thy employments and concerns. SAFELY, or
_securely_, or _confidently_, without danger or fear; casting thy care
upon God in the discharge of thy duty. SHALL NOT STUMBLE at...
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Proverbs 3:23 walk H3212 (H8799) safely H983 way H1870 foot H7272
stumble H5062 (H8799)...
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RESPONDING TO GOD'S WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING WILL RESULT IN LIFE,
PEACE AND SECURITY BUT MUST RESULT IN POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS
OTHERS, FOR YHWH WILL BLESS THE RIGHTEOUS, LOWLY AND WISE WHILST HE
W...
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CONTENTS: The power of true wisdom to make men both blessed and a
blessing.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: Those who have a continual regard to God's precepts and
put themselves unde...
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Proverbs 3:2. _Length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they
add to thee._ The premature death denounced against the profligate,
and the victims of the harlot, shall be far from thy dwelling. T...
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_My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and
discretion._
FIDELITY TO PRINCIPLE
The advantages connected with fidelity to the ethics of godliness are
here sketched.
I. Life....
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_Happy is the man that findeth wisdom._
WISDOM
I. The pleasures of wisdom.
1. Present happiness.
2. Lasting happiness.
II. The preciousness of wisdom (Proverbs 3:14). Many figures are
employed to...
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_My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments._
USEFUL PRECEPTS AND INSPIRING MOTIVES
I. To remember and keep in our hearts the things written in this book
(Proverbs 3:1). Int...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 3:21. THEM, _i.e._ “sound wisdom and discretion;” SOUND
WISDOM, the same word as in chap. Proverbs 2:7 (see notes there).
Miller translates here, as there, “_something stabl...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 3:1
4. _Fourth admonitory discourse. _The third chapter introduces us to a
group of admonitions, and the first of these (Proverbs 3:1) forms the
fourth admonitory discourse of the...
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Chapter 3 continues to
My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments:
For length of days, long life, peace, shall they add to thee (Proverbs
3:1-2).
Now these are the three. And...
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Proverbs 10:9; Proverbs 2:8; Proverbs 4:12; Psalms 121:3; Psalms 121:8
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SEEKING AFTER WISDOM
Proverbs 3:13
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The wise man versus the foolish man. Many a man who thinks himself
to be wise is a fool. Why? Because he is building his hopes upon the
sand....