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Verse Proverbs 1:5. _A WISE_ MAN _WILL HEAR_] I shall not only give
such instructions as may be suitable to the youthful and
inexperienced, but also to those who have much knowledge and
understanding...
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But it is not for the young only that he writes. The “man of
understanding” may gain “wise counsels,” literally, the power to
“steer” his course rightly on the dangerous seas of life. This
“steersmans...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
A detailed analysis, as we have made it in other books, cannot be
fully made in this collection of proverbs. Most of them are detached
and each has a message by itself. To int...
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PROVERBS 1-9. FIRST SECTION. THE PRAISE OF WISDOM.
Proverbs 1:1. Title, either of the whole book, or of this particular
collection.
The word for PROVERB, _mâ shâ l,_ has a wide significance _in Heb....
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WILL HEAR. Illustrations: Eunuch (Acts 8:27; Acts 8:39): Sergius
Paulus (Acts 13:7); the Bereans (Acts 17:11;...
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The Introduction. Chap. Proverbs 1:2-7
The Introduction consists of a statement of the object of the Book
(Proverbs 1:2), which is primarily to instruct the young in Wisdom
(Proverbs 1:4), but at the...
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_A wise_man _will hear_ Or, _That the wise man may hear_, R.V., making
the clause a continuation of the direct statement of the design of the
Book.
_learning_ Lit. _taking_, and so that which is take...
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CHAPTER 1
TEXT Proverbs 1:1-9
1.
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
2.
To know wisdom and instruction;
To discern the words of understanding;
3.
To receive instruction in...
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A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of
understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
A WISE (MAN) WILL HEAR, AND WILL INCREASE LEARNING - (Proverbs 9:9.)
"Learning" - liter...
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1:5 gain (n-15) Or 'get.' so ch. 4.5,7....
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The chapter falls into three principal divisions.
1-6. Title and Introduction explaining the object of the whole book,
which is to instruct the inexperienced and add to the educated man's
knowledge. I...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
ABOUT THE BOOK OF PROVERBS
King Solomon ruled the nation of Israel for 40 years. He brought
peace and wealth to the nation. Solomon’s workmen built pa...
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THE WISE PERSON
A wise person loves wisdom. ‘He loves God’s law. He is always
thinking about it.’ (Psalms 1:2).
He always wants to learn more. He is never too tired to think about
wisdom.
He still...
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A WISE MAN WILL HEAR. — That is, if he listen to these proverbs.
(Comp. Proverbs 9:9.) It is not the young only who will derive profit
from them.
A MAN OF UNDERSTANDING. — Or rather, _of discernment....
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יִשְׁמַ֣ע חָ֭כָם וְ יֹ֣וסֶף לֶ֑קַח
וְ֝ נָבֹ֗ו
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CHAPTER 2
THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge."- Proverbs 1:7
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: And the knowledge of
the Holy One is understa...
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“THE BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE”
Proverbs 1:1-19
Notice the perfect balance of each clause, and the duplication of the
one thought in the two clauses of each verse.
_Wisdom_ as used in this book is more...
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The Book of Proverbs is one of the wisdom books of the Hebrew people.
Emotionally and fundamentally, wisdom is the fear of God;
intellectually, a knowledge of the manifestations of the divine
wisdom;...
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A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of (f)
understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
(f) As he shows that these parables containing the effect of religion
concerning ma...
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To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of
understanding; To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and
judgment, and equity; To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man
knowle...
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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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A WISE [MAN] WILL HEAR,.... With great attention, and hearken to the
proverbs and wise sayings herein delivered; for here are many things
entertaining to men of years and wisdom, as well as instructiv...
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A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of
understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Ver. 5. _A wise man will hear._] Hearing and seeing are by Aristotle
called "the learne...
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_A wise man will hear_ Is not self-conceited, as fools are, but
willing to learn from others, and, therefore, will attend to the
following instructions; _and will increase learning_ Thereby he will
ga...
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THE TITLE AND THE INTRODUCTION...
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A wise man will hear, realizing the value of such instruction and
therefore yielding a willing ear, AND WILL INCREASE LEARNING, adding
to the stock already at his disposal, not haughtily insisting tha...
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1-6 The lessons here given are plain, and likely to benefit those who
feel their own ignorance, and their need to be taught. If young people
take heed to their ways, according to Solomon's Proverbs, t...
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WILL HEAR; is not self-conceited, as fools are, but willing to learn
from others; and therefore will attend to the following instructions.
WILL INCREASE LEARNING; and thereby will gain this great bene...
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Proverbs 1:5 wise H2450 hear H8085 (H8799) increase H3254 (H8686)
learning H3948 understanding H995 (H8737) attain...
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INTRODUCTION TO THE PROLOGUE (PROVERBS 1:1).
The book commences with an introduction which explains its purpose in
some depth. Its aim is to pass on ‘the sayings of Solomon, the son
of David, king of...
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CONTENTS: Wisdom's reasoning with the children of men and the certain
ruin of those who turn a deaf ear to Wisdom's call.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son, Wisdom, (Christ).
CONCLUSION: Of all thin...
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Proverbs 1:1. _Proverbs,_ apothegms, parables, sentences, similitudes.
The proverbs of a nation are the compressions of wisdom into short
maxims, which like the coins of a country worn bare by use, pa...
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_A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of
understanding shall attain unto wise counsels._
THE INCREASE OF KNOWLEDGE
I. No man is so wise but he may learn more. And that both in...
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_The proverbs of Solomon._
THE BOOK OF PROVERBS
1. The book does not consist of proverbs entirely. Much of it is the
language of pious exhortation and spiritual precept.
2. The book contains many w...
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PROVERBS 1:1 Title, Goal, and Motto. After the title (v. Proverbs
1:1), there is an introduction that describes the goal of the whole
book (vv....
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 1:2 These verses give the purpose and
benefit of the book: it instills wisdom in the reader. The wisdom
offered here is practical (INSTRUCTION IN WISE DEALING), intellectual...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 1:5. WISE COUNSELS, or “capability to guide,” literally
“_helmsmanship_.”
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 1:5_
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A WISE MAN
I. HE WILL HE...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 1:1
PART I. THE TITLE AND SUPERSCRIPTION.
The superscription of the Proverbs, which extends from verse 1 to
verse 6, furnishes us with an epitome in short and concise language of...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles tonight to Proverbs, chapter 1. The first
six verses are sort of a preface to the book, as authors many times
write a preface to their work.
The Proverbs of Solomon the so...
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1 Corinthians 10:15; 1 Samuel 25:32; 1 Samuel 25:33; 2 Chronicles
25:16;...
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THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON
Proverbs 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. Solomon's great choice. It was in Gibeon that the Lord appeared
unto Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, "Ask what I shall give
thee...
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Will hear — Is willing to learn. Attain to — The art of governing
himself or others....