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Probably the words of Solomon himself, who looks back from his
glorious throne and his matured wisdom to the training which was the
starting point. The part taken by Bathsheba in 1 Kings 1, no less th...
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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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SON. The Hebrew accent (_Dechi_) emphasizes this word to show (1) his
own early training (Proverbs 4:3); (2) those whom he would instruct
(verses: Proverbs 4:1; Proverbs 4:2); (3) his instruction (ver...
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Seventh Address. Chap. Proverbs 4:1-9
Resuming, after the parenthesis (Proverbs 3:27-35) the style and tone
of fatherly address of the preceding sections, the Teacher commends
Wisdom to his scholars...
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_my father's son_ The order of the words in the original: A SON WAS I
TO MY FATHER, suggests the meaning, I was a _true_son, a son not only
by birth, but by filial reverence and obedience, "_filius_,...
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FOR I WAS MY FATHER'S SON, &C.— Literally, _I was a tender and
delicate child, and the only son of my mother._ The word, _only son,_
in this place may be taken in the sense in which the LXX have
trans...
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CHAPTER 4
TEXT Proverbs 4:1-9
1.
Hear my sons, the instruction of a father,
And attend to know understanding:
2.
For I give you good doctrine;
Forsake ye not my law.
3.
For I was a son unto my...
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For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my
mother.
FOR I WAS MY FATHER'S SON, TENDER AND ONLY (BELOVED) IN THE SIGHT OF
MY MOTHER. My father taught me as his true son, ev...
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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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This poem is not just about Solomon’s family. It is about all
families. It tells us that a father should teach his son. When he
grows older, the son should teach his own children.
Solomon’s family wa...
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The advice did not begin with the father, who is writing the poem. The
father learned this lesson from his own father. The lesson is good,
because it is ancient. Grandfather followed this advice. And...
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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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FOR I WAS... SON... — It is not only his own advice that he has to
offer; he can tell his disciples of the excellent discipline and
teaching he received from his parents in his old home. It may be
rem...
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כִּי ־בֵ֭ן הָיִ֣יתִי לְ אָבִ֑י רַ֥ךְ
וְ֝
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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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THE COUNSELS OF EXPERIENCE.
Proverbs 3:27-35; Proverbs 4:1-9
Here are many duties! _Be generous!_ Of course we must discriminate-
_to whom it is due;_ and we must be prudent- _when it is in the powe...
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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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_As. This is not expressed. (Haydock) --- But Solomon was not the only
son of Bethsabee, as St. Luke (iii. 23.) specifies Nathan, his
brother. See 2 Kings xii. 24. Septuagint have "beloved in," &c._...
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For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my
mother. He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my
words: keep my commandments, and live. Get wisdom, get unde...
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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 I WAS MY FATHER'S SON,.... Or, "a son to my father" p; so Solomon
was to God, his heavenly Father, 2 Samuel 7:14; which Jarchi observes,
and gives as the sense of this place: but his father David...
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For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in the sight of
my mother.
Ver. 3. For I was my father's son,] _q.d., _ I that am now so famous
for wisdom, was once as wise as a wild ass's colt....
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_Hear, &c., the instruction of a father_ Of me, who have paternal
authority over you, and great affection for you. _For I give you, good
doctrine_ Not vain or foolish, much less false or pernicious co...
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1-13 We must look upon our teachers as our fathers: though
instruction carry in it reproof and correction, bid it welcome.
Solomon's parents loved him, therefore taught him. Wise and godly men,
in ev...
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MY FATHER'S SON, in a special manner; his best beloved son, and
designed to be his successor in the throne. TENDER; young and tender
in years, and capable of any impressions, and tenderly educated. ON...
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Proverbs 4:3 fathers H1 son H1121 Tender H7390 only H3173 sight H6440
mother H517
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AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCE OF WHAT HIS FATHER HAD TAUGHT HIM AS
‘A SON' (PROVERBS 4:3).
Solomon now stresses that his wisdom has partly come down to him from
his father. This greatly added to it...
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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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_For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of
my mother._
THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OF SOLOMON
Solomon in these words gives us two pieces of his own private history,
in order to a...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 4:3 WHEN I WAS A SON WITH MY FATHER. The
father shows he can identify with his sons. He, too, was once young
and under the instruction of a father. He also implies that wisdo...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 4:2. DOCTRINE, Literally something received, handed over; the
author so describes it because he received it from his father. The
Septuagint and the Vulgate translate by DONU...
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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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1 Chronicles 22:5; 1 Chronicles 29:1; 1 Chronicles 3:5; 1 Kings 1:13;...
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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...
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Tender — Young and tender in years, and tenderly educated. Only
beloved — Beloved above all the rest....