Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Proverbs 4:14
Enter not into the path of the wicked; avoid their courses and company. Go not; do not proceed further. If thou hast unadvisedly entered into it, do not persist in it, but get thee speedily out of it.
Enter not into the path of the wicked; avoid their courses and company. Go not; do not proceed further. If thou hast unadvisedly entered into it, do not persist in it, but get thee speedily out of it.
Verse Proverbs 4:14. _ENTER NOT INTO THE PATH OF THE WICKED_] Never _associate_ with those whose life is irregular and sinful; never _accompany_ them in any of their acts of transgression....
The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father. Compare it with 2 Samuel 23:2 etc.; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles 29:17;...
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)...
ENTER NOT. Note the Figure of speech _Synonymia_ (App-6) in the verbs of verses: Proverbs 4:14; Proverbs 4:15. Illustrations: Lot (Genesis 13:10); Solomon ...
The earnest warning of this and the following verses recalls the similar warnings of Proverbs 1:19 ff.; Proverbs 2:12 ff.; Proverbs 3:31 ff....
TEXT Proverbs 4:10-19 10. Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many. 11. I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness....
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. ENTER NOT INTO THE PATH OF THE WICKED, AND GO NOT IN THE WAY OF EVIL MEN. "Enter not" forbids the first step toward union w...
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...
Solomon emphasises his words. We should not behave like evil people. We should not listen to their advice. Their advice is never wise. We must not do the same things that evil people do. Their behavi...
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....
בְּ אֹ֣רַח רְ֭שָׁעִים אַל ־תָּבֹ֑א וְ אַל
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...
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...
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...
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. When thou goest, thy steps shall not be strait...
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...
ENTER NOT INTO THE PATH OF THE WICKED,.... Which leads to eternal death; join not with them in their wicked ways and practices; have no fellowship, keep no company, with them; do not set one foot in t...
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men]. Ver. 14. _Enter not into the path of the wicked._] _Qui male vivunt, et peius credunt,_ saith one, which live ill, and beli...
_Enter not into the path of the wicked_ Avoid their practices and company; _and go not in the way of evil men_ Do not proceed further therein. If thou hast unadvisedly entered into it, do not persist...
Enter not into the path of the wicked, to join them in their godless conduct, AND GO NOT IN THE WAY OF EVIL MEN, such behavior being incompatible with true wisdom....
WARNING AGAINST WICKEDNESS...
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...
Proverbs 4:14 enter H935 (H8799) path H734 wicked H7563 walk H833 (H8762) way H1870 evil H7451...
GOD'S WISDOM TEACHES MEN THE WAY IN WHICH THEY SHOULD GO, A WAY IN WHICH THEY WILL NOT STUMBLE AND WHICH LEADS TO LIFE, THEY ARE THUS TO AVOID THE WAY OF THE WICKED IN WHICH MEN STUMBLE AND WHERE DEAT...
Proverbs 4:14 One chief cause of the wickedness which is everywhere seen in the world and in which, alas! each of us has more or less his share is our curiosity to have some fellowship with darkness,...
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...
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...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 4:10 This passage gives one of the main teachings of Proverbs 1:1: the doctrine of the two ways. Everyone has a choice between entering the way of wisdom and the way of foll
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 4:14 One should avoid the way of the WICKED, for it creates a hunger that is destructive and that cannot be satisfied (v. Proverbs 4:16
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 4:14. GO NOT. The Heb. is literally “to go straightforward;” also, “to pronounce happy.” PROVERBS 4:15. AVOID, “Let it go,” reject it.” TURN FROM IT, _i.e._, even if thou h...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 15:33; Proverbs 1:10; Proverbs 1:15; Proverbs 13:20;...
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...