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CHAPTER IV
_The preceptor calls his pupils, and tells them how himself was_
_educated_, 1-4;
_specifies the teachings he received_, 5-19;
_and exhorts his pupil to persevere in well-doing, and to...
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The words “ye children” indicate as usual a new section returning,
after the break of Proverbs 3:27, to the old strain of fatherly
counsel....
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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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CHILDREN. sons.
INSTRUCTION. correction, or admonition.
KNOW UNDERSTANDING. learn discernment....
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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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HEAR, YE CHILDREN— Solomon here proposes himself as an example of
docility; but in such a manner, that he refers all the advantages of
his education to the early impressions which he received from his...
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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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Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know
understanding.
Proverbs 4:1.-The young are urged by Solomon, as he was urged by his
father, to get wisdom as the principal thing,...
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4:1 intelligence; (e-13) Or 'discernment,' as ch. 3.5....
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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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IV.
(g)_ Seventh Discourse: — Recollections of his Father’s
Instructions_ (Proverbs 4:1 to Proverbs 5:6).
(1) A FATHER. — That is, of me, your teacher....
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שִׁמְע֣וּ בָ֭נִים מ֣וּסַר אָ֑ב וְ֝
הַקְשִׁ֗יבוּ...
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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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Hear, ye children, the instruction of a (a) father, and attend to know
understanding.
(a) He speaks this as a preacher and minister which is as a father to
the people, (Proverbs 2:8)....
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_Father. He shews the greatest respect for his parents, ver. 3.
(Calmet)_...
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CONTENTS.
This chapter hath much the same tendency as the former. It contains an
exhortation to the pursuit of wisdom. And towards the close of the
Chapter the sad effects of a contrary study is poin...
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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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HEAR, YE CHILDREN, THE INSTRUCTION OF A FATHER,.... Either of God
their father, as Gersom interprets it; or rather of Solomon their
father: and so he recommends his instruction from the relation he
st...
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Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know
understanding.
Ver. 1. _Hear, ye children._] _Audite senem, iuvenes, quem iuvenem
senes audierunt:_ Hear me, now an old man, O ye yo...
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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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ADMONITIONS CONCERNING WISDOM...
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Hear, ye children, the affectionate address being intended to arouse
attention in his readers, THE INSTRUCTION OF A FATHER, one who, for
that reason, had the experience needed to teach others, AND ATT...
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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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PROVERBS CHAPTER 4 Solomon showeth the excellency of his doctrine,
PROVERBS 4:1. His counsel to get wisdom, PROVERBS 4:5,6, and
understanding, PROVERBS 4:7. The honour which cometh thereby,...
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Proverbs 4:1 Hear H8085 (H8798) children H1121 instruction H4148
father H1 attention H7181 (H8685) know H3045 ...
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A GENERAL APPEAL TO ‘SONS' (PROVERBS 4:1).
The change from ‘my son' to ‘sons', which occurs only here as an
opening address, may well have taken place because of Solomon's
reference in Proverbs 4:3 to...
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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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_The instruction of a father._
A RELIGIOUS HOME
I. The love of a religious home. Two kinds of love for the offspring.
1. The natural love.
2. The spiritual love, which has respect to the spiritual...
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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 Thessalonians 2:11; 1 Thessalonians 2:12; Hebrews 2:1; Proverbs 1:8;...
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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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A father — Of me, who have paternal authority over you and affection
for you....