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HEALTH - See the Proverbs 3:8 note....
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CHAPTER 4
_ 1. Solomon's training (Proverbs 4:1)_
2. Hear, O my son: Receive my sayings (Proverbs 4:10)
3. My son, attend to my words. (Proverbs 4:20)...
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HEALTH. healing....
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Ninth Address. Chap. 4. Proverbs 4:20
22. _their flesh_ Lit. HIS FLESH, i.e. the flesh of every one of them.
This _individualising_the teaching, by a sudden change from the plural
to the singular num...
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TEXT Proverbs 4:20-27
20.
My son, attend to my words;
Incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21.
Let them not depart from thine eyes;
Keep them in the midst of thy heart.
22.
For they are life unt...
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ANCESTRAL WISDOM. THE TWO PATHS
In Proverbs 4:1 the teacher lays stress on the fact that his
instruction is a repetition of his father's. No teaching was thought
valuable save that which was handed do...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 4
V1 My sons, listen to your father’s instruction.
As you listen to me, you will understand more....
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These verses show us the subject of this passage. Each chapter of
Proverbs 1:7 begins in a similar style. Here the subject is health.
Wisdom is like a medicine, because wisdom improves our lives. Unli...
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Wise words are like medicine. They benefit every part of our bodies....
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FOR THEY ARE LIFE... — Comp. 1 Timothy 4:8, “Godliness is
profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now
is, (the highest happiness that man can attain to now, peace of mind,)
and...
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כִּֽי ־חַיִּ֣ים הֵ֭ם לְ מֹצְאֵיהֶ֑ם
וּֽ לְ
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CHAPTER 5
EDUCATION: THE CHILD'S THOUGHT OF THE PARENT
"Wisdom doth live with children round her knees." - Wordsworth.
"He taught me, and said unto me," etc. Proverbs 4:4
THIS chapter begins with a...
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GUIDE-POSTS ON THE WAY OF LIFE
Proverbs 4:10-27
One or two sentences stand out in this section, demanding special
attention. _The path of the just, etc_., Proverbs 4:18. We may compare
this beautiful...
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In this chapter there are three addresses. The first is of the nature
of personal testimony (verses Pro 4:1-9). The next two are
exhortations to fidelity (verses Pro 4:10-27). The father urges his
own...
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For they [are] life unto those that find them, and health to all their
(i) flesh.
(i) That is, they will have health of body: under which all other
blessings promised in the law are contained....
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_Flesh. All may derive benefit from their consideration. (Haydock)_...
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My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let
them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine
heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to al...
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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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FOR THEY [ARE] LIFE UNTO THOSE THAT FIND THEM,.... The words or
doctrines of Christ, whose type Solomon was, are to be found in the
field of the Scriptures, by diligent searching for them; and being
f...
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For they [are] life unto those that find them, and health to all their
flesh.
Ver. 22. _For they are life._] _See Trapp on "_ Pro 3:22 _"_ _See
Trapp on "_ Pro 3:16 _"_
And health unto all their fle...
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For they are life unto those that find them, cf Proverbs 3:2; Proverbs
3:16; Proverbs 4:13, AND HEALTH TO ALL THEIR FLESH, to their whole
body, since observing them results not only in moral and menta...
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WARNING AGAINST WICKEDNESS...
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HEALTH:
_ Heb._ medicine...
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14-27 The way of evil men may seem pleasant, and the nearest way to
compass some end; but it is an evil way, and will end ill; if thou
love thy God and thy soul, avoid it. It is not said, Keep at a d...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Proverbs 4:22 life H2416 find H4672 (H8802) health H4832 flesh H1320
life - Proverbs 4:4,...
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A GENERAL APPEAL TO HEAR HIS WORDS AND SAYINGS, AND INSTRUCTIONS WITH
REGARD TO HIS HEART, MOUTH, EYES AND FEET (PROVERBS 4:20).
Solomon urges those who hear him and read his words to take them to
hea...
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CONTENTS: Earnest exhortation to the study of true wisdom.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: True wisdom from God is the principle thing. It is that
which recommends us to God, which be...
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Proverbs 4:1. _Hear, ye children,_ a Hebraism, equivalent to wash,
cleanse, and purify your ears. A grateful son here recites the
domestic piety of an illustrious father. David talked much with his
ch...
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_My son, attend to my words._
DIVINE PRINCIPLES
“The words of wisdom” are the vehicles of those Divine principles
the reception and embodiment of which by man are essential to his
well-being.
I. Th...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 4:20 The commands in vv. Proverbs 4:20 all
encourage making wisdom a vital part of one’s life. HEART in...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 4:22. HEALTH, or “healing.”
PROVERBS 4:23. “Above all other watching, keep thy heart,” some
read: “Keep thy heart with all (kinds of) keeping.”
_Issues_—“currents,” “outgoi...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 4:1
7. _Seventh admonitory discourse. _We here enter upon the second group
of admonitory discourses, as is indicated by the opening address, "my
children," and which occurs again...
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Continuing to his son.
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend that you
might know understanding. For I give you good doctrine, don't forsake
my law. For I was my father's son, ten...
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Jeremiah 33:6; Proverbs 12:18; Proverbs 3:8; Proverbs 4:10; Proverbs
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SACRED EXHORTATIONS
Proverbs 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
It is well, now and then, to step aside and consider what God has to
say to young men and women; as well as to consider what He says to
their fath...