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See also Proverbs 3:22 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The call and promise of wisdom (Proverbs 3:1)_ 2. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom (Proverbs 3:11) 3. Promise and instruction (Proverbs 3:21)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    FOURTH Discourse. The sage exhorts the young man to heed his oral instruction (_torah),_ and to trust in Yahweh, fear Him, and honour Him in the prescribed manner of firstfruits. It is interesting to...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. NECK. Septuagint adds, "Yea, it shall be healing to thy flesh; and refreshing to thy bones"....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 760 TRUE RELIGION DELINEATED Proverbs 3:21. _My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: so shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. Then...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    MY SON, LET NOT THEM DEPART, &C.— Wisdom gives life, health, safety, to body and soul: it is the most precious ornament of those who possess it: for the rest, when the wise man in so many places promi...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 3:13-26 13. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding. 14. For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, And the profit thereof tha...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. SO SHALL THEY BE LIFE UNTO THY SOUL, AND GRACE TO THY NECK. Wisdom reveals the righteousness of God whereby the believer in Christ lives...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BLESSINGS OF OBEDIENCE AND OF CHASTISEMENT The first and third divisions, 1-10, 21-35, are exhortations to good conduct and promises of consequent blessing. The second, 11-20, declares the profit...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    TRUE BEAUTY Verse 22 reminds us of verse 3. Verse 3 tells us to wear love about our necks. In many countries, women display their beautiful objects. They wear gold, silver and precious stones on chai...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 3 V1 My son, do not forget my law. Keep my commands in your heart. v

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ יִֽהְי֣וּ חַיִּ֣ים לְ נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ וְ֝ חֵ֗ן

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 10 TWO VOICES IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE CITY Proverbs 9:1, Proverbs 20:14 with Proberbs 3, and Proverbs 20:16 with Prove

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    WISDOM'S WAYS OF PLEASANTNESS Proverbs 3:13-26 Wisdom is susceptible of cultivation. It is a _mine_ that needs to be worked with patient toil. Compare Proverbs 3:13-15 with Job 28:18. It is comparab...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    As the former address had to do with the search for wisdom, this, in view of the value of if is an appeal to cultivate wisdom. The appeal consists of a declaration of its essence (verses Pro 3:1-10),...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Mouth. There have been wise and virtuous men afflicted, ver. 11. But they have borne all with patience, and have merited a more glorious reward than what this earth could afford. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall no...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SO SHALL THEY BE LIFE UNTO THY SOUL,.... Give it a better life than it naturally has, though immortal; Christ is both the spiritual and eternal life of the souls of those that look unto him by faith;...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. Ver. 22. _So shall they be life unto thy soul._] For "by these men live, and this is the spirit of my life," saith Hezekiah; Isa 38:16 even...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _My son, let them not depart_, &c. Let me prevail with thee to keep these good instructions before the eyes of thy mind continually. Constantly and seriously meditate upon them, and thereby thou wilt...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    so shall they be life unto thy soul and grace, or charm, TO THY NECK, like an ornament, a fine bit of jewelry....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE HAPPINESS OF POSSESSING TRUE WISDOM...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    21-26 Let us not suffer Christ's words to depart from us, but keep sound wisdom and discretion; then shall we walk safely in his ways. The natural life, and all that belongs to it, shall be under the...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    UNTO THY SOUL; either, 1. To thee or thy person. They shall prolong and perpetuate thy life, and make it life indeed, to wit, pleasant and happy; whereas a miserable life is reputed a kind of death, a...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 3:22 life H2416 soul H5315 grace H2580 neck H1621 life - Proverbs 4:22;...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    RESPONDING TO GOD'S WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING WILL RESULT IN LIFE, PEACE AND SECURITY BUT MUST RESULT IN POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS OTHERS, FOR YHWH WILL BLESS THE RIGHTEOUS, LOWLY AND WISE WHILST HE W...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The power of true wisdom to make men both blessed and a blessing. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: Those who have a continual regard to God's precepts and put themselves unde...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 3:2. _Length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee._ The premature death denounced against the profligate, and the victims of the harlot, shall be far from thy dwelling. T...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments._ USEFUL PRECEPTS AND INSPIRING MOTIVES I. To remember and keep in our hearts the things written in this book (Proverbs 3:1). Int...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Happy is the man that findeth wisdom._ WISDOM I. The pleasures of wisdom. 1. Present happiness. 2. Lasting happiness. II. The preciousness of wisdom (Proverbs 3:14). Many figures are employed to...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion._ FIDELITY TO PRINCIPLE The advantages connected with fidelity to the ethics of godliness are here sketched. I. Life....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 3:21. THEM, _i.e._ “sound wisdom and discretion;” SOUND WISDOM, the same word as in chap. Proverbs 2:7 (see notes there). Miller translates here, as there, “_something stabl...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 3:1 4. _Fourth admonitory discourse. _The third chapter introduces us to a group of admonitions, and the first of these (Proverbs 3:1) forms the fourth admonitory discourse of the...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Chapter 3 continues to My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments: For length of days, long life, peace, shall they add to thee (Proverbs 3:1-2). Now these are the three. And...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Isaiah 38:16; John 12:49; John 12:50; Proverbs 1:9; Proverbs 4:22...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    SEEKING AFTER WISDOM Proverbs 3:13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The wise man versus the foolish man. Many a man who thinks himself to be wise is a fool. Why? Because he is building his hopes upon the sand....

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