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Proverbs 4:20-27
Wise words are like medicine. They benefit every part of our bodies.
Wise words are like medicine. They benefit every part of our bodies.
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)...
WORDS. Hebrew. _dabar._ App-73....
TEXT Proverbs 4:20-27 20. My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21. Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart. 22. For they are life unt...
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. MY SON, ATTEND TO MY WORDS; INCLINE THINE EAR UNTO MY SAYINGS - a fresh call to serious attention, because of our tendency to spiritu...
4:20 words; (b-6) sayings. (b-12) 'Words,' _ dabar_ ; 'sayings,' _ omer_ ; Psalms 119:11 ....
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...
בְּ֭נִי לִ דְבָרַ֣י הַקְשִׁ֑יבָה לַ֝ אֲמָרַ֗י...
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...
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to al...
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...
MY SON, ATTEND TO MY WORDS,.... Which go before and which follow after, his doctrines, instructions, cautions, and exhortations; INCLINE THINE EAR UNTO MY SAYINGS; stoop and bow the ear; listen atten...
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Ver. 20. _My son, attend to my words._] Still he calls for attention, as knowing our dulness and fickle headedness. It fared with the pr...
WARNING AGAINST WICKEDNESS...
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings, the admonition and warning going out once more, with a special reference to the ruinous consequences which the forgetting and ignoring of...
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...
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Proverbs 4:20 son H1121 attention H7181 (H8685) words H1697 Incline H5186 (H8685) ear H241 sayings H561...
A GENERAL APPEAL TO HEAR HIS WORDS AND SAYINGS, AND INSTRUCTIONS WITH REGARD TO HIS HEART, MOUTH, EYES AND FEET (PROVERBS 4:20). Solomon urges those who hear him and read his words to take them to hea...
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...
_My son, attend to my words._ DIVINE PRINCIPLES “The words of wisdom” are the vehicles of those Divine principles the reception and embodiment of which by man are essential to his well-being. I. Th...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 4:20 The commands in vv. Proverbs 4:20 all encourage making wisdom a vital part of one’s life. HEART in...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 4:22. HEALTH, or “healing.” PROVERBS 4:23. “Above all other watching, keep thy heart,” some read: “Keep thy heart with all (kinds of) keeping.” _Issues_—“currents,” “outgoi...
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...
Isaiah 55:3; Matthew 17:5; Proverbs 5:1; Proverbs 6:20; Proverbs 6:21;
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...