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CHAPTER 2
_ 1. The pursuit of wisdom and its results (Proverbs 2:1)_
2. Preservation from the evil man and the strange woman (Proverbs
2:10)
3. The path of the righteous (Proverbs 2:20)...
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THIRD DISCOURSE. The wise man praises Wisdom, describing the blessings
of obedience to her. The deeper religious element in wisdom appears,
the fundamental conception of Hebrew prophecy, that the know...
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YEA. For if. (Hebrew. _ki'im)._ If thou goest further and criest and
seekest, &c. Then the result is shown in Proverbs 2:5....
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_knowledge_ Rather, DISCERNMENT, R.V. See Proverbs 1:2, note....
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DISCOURSE: 754
THE WAY OF ATTAINING DIVINE KNOWLEDGE
Proverbs 2:1. My Son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my
commandments with thee; so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom,
and apply thin...
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CHAPTER 2
TEXT Proverbs 2:1-9
1.
My son, if thou wilt receive my words,
And lay up my commandments with thee;
2.
So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom,
And apply thy heart to understanding;
3....
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Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for
understanding;
YEA, IF THOU CRIEST AFTER KNOWLEDGE, (AND) LIFTEST UP THY VOICE FOR
UNDERSTANDING. The summit of the ascending clima...
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THE SEARCH FOR WISDOM
1-4. The condition which must be fulfilled. Spinoza said, 'The effort
to understand is the first and sole basis of virtue.'...
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THE SEARCH FOR WISDOM
We must greatly desire wisdom. We must listen to it. We must desire
it. We must ask questions, so that we can learn more. We must hunt for
wisdom, like someone who searches for...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 2
V1 My son, accept my words!
Hide my commands inside yourself!
v2
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כִּ֤י אִ֣ם לַ † בִּינָ֣ה תִקְרָ֑א לַ֝...
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CHAPTER 3
WISDOM AS THE GUIDE OF CONDUCT
"To deliver thee from the way of the evil man…To deliver thee from
the strange woman."- Proverbs 2:12
WISDOM is concerned, as we have seen, with the whole u...
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WISDOM GUARDS FROM EVIL
Proverbs 2:1-22
Several words are reiterated in this chapter, which will unlock its
treasures. _Understanding,_ Proverbs 2:2-3; Proverbs 2:5; Proverbs
2:9; Proverbs 2:11.
If...
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From here and through chapter 8 we have a series of parental counsels.
These all begin with the address, "My son," and deal with the value of
wisdom, and make many practical applications.
The first o...
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Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] (c) liftest up thy voice
for understanding;
(c) Meaning that we must seek the knowledge of God with care and
diligence....
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_WISDOM’S COUNSELS_
‘My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments
with thee; so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine
heart to understanding; … then shalt thou u...
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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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YEA, IF THOU CRIEST AFTER KNOWLEDGE,.... Of God, Christ, and the
Gospel; not only bow the ear and bend the mind to these things, but
importunately and fervently pray for them; not only attend the
mini...
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_Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for
understanding;_
Ver. 3. _If thou criest after knowledge._] _Bene orasse est bene
studuisse,_ said Luther. Knowledge is God's gift...
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_My son_, &c. These words are spoken by Solomon, either, 1st, In the
name of wisdom, as before: or rather, 2d, In his own name. _If thou
wilt hide my commandments with thee_ Wilt lay them up in thy mi...
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yea, if thou criest after knowledge, calling and inviting it, AND
LIFTEST UP THY VOICE FOR UNDERSTANDING, in order to be able to
distinguish between good and evil, between wise and foolish;...
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ADVANTAGES IN ACCEPTING WISDOM...
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LIFTEST UP THY VOICE:
_ Heb._ givest thy voice...
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1-9 Those who earnestly seek heavenly wisdom, will never complain
that they have lost their labour; and the freeness of the gift does
not do away the necessity of our diligence, John 6:27. Let them s...
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Proverbs 2:3 out H7121 (H8799) discernment H998 up H5414 (H8799) voice
H6963 understanding H8394
if -...
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SOLOMON CALLS ON HIS ‘SON' TO RECEIVE HIS WORDS WITH A VIEW TO
ATTAINING A TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD WHICH WILL CAUSE HIM TO REVERENCE
HIM (PROVERBS 2:1).
The first voice that speaks to the young man is t...
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Proverbs 2:2
I. Solomon's meaning is, that we are to begin life by fearing God,
without understanding it; as a child obeys his parents without
understanding the meaning of their commands. If we do not...
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Proverbs 2:1
This is only one passage out of many in which wisdom is connected with
religion, in which it is asserted that a religious fear of God is the
first step in true wisdom, and that he who wo...
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CONTENTS: How wisdom is to be obtained and used. The unspeakable
advantage of true wisdom.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: God has provided that those who are sincerely disposed to
do...
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Proverbs 2:1. _Hide my commandments with thee,_ as a treasure is
secured in the cabinet, or as the copy of the law was put within the
ark in the holy place. The words of the law must be retained in th...
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_Yea, if thou criest after knowledge._
ALL KNOWLEDGE IS GOOD
No kind of knowledge is to be despised. The bee gathers honey from
every flower. What shore so bleak, what moor so barren, what rocks so
n...
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_So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom._
WISDOM
This is constantly connected with religion. A religious fear of God is
the first step in true wisdom. He who would know God aright must love
Wisdo...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 2:1 These verses call the listener or
reader to SEEK wisdom diligently.
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 2:1_
HUMAN UNDERSTANDING AND DIVINE KNOWLEDGE
I. DIVINE KNOWLEDGE IS WITHIN THE REACH OF THE HUMAN UNDERSTANDING.
When a physician has created an appetite...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 2:1
3. _Third admonitory discourse, pointing out the benefits which arise
from a sincere, earnest, and persevering search after Wisdom. _This
discourse divides itself into three...
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My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with
you; So that you incline your ear unto wisdom, and apply your heart to
understanding; Yes, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up...
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1 Chronicles 22:12; 1 Kings 3:9; Ephesians 1:17; Ephesians 1:18;...
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Criest — To God, the only giver of it....