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Verse Proverbs 2:4. _IF THOU SEEKEST HER AS SILVER_] How do men seek
money? What will they not do to get rich? Reader, seek the salvation
of thy soul as earnestly as the covetous man seeks wealth; and...
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Note the illustrations.
(1) Contact with Phoenician commerce, and joint expeditions in ships
of Tarshish (see Psalms 72:10 note), had made the Israelites familiar
with the risks and the enterprise of...
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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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AS SILVER: or money. Probably the reference is to Job 28....
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_as silver … hid treasures_ It has been supposed that there is
reference here to the eagerness and effort connected with the
discovery and working of a silver mine, and to the search for treasure
hidd...
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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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IF THOU SEEKEST HER AS SILVER— This is thought to be a proverbial
saying, borrowed from those who work in mines: The former part of the
verse expressing eager desire and great diligence, and the latte...
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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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If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid
treasures;
IF THOU SEEKEST HER AS SILVER, AND SEARCHEST FOR HER AS (FOR) HID
TREASURES - not content with merely one look, or an ordi...
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Wealth was hoarded in the shape of gold and jewels. In times of peril
this was buried (Genesis 43:23; Job 3:21; Jeremiah 41:8; Matthew
13:44). Hence the suspi
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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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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 2
V1 My son, accept my words!
Hide my commands inside yourself!
v2
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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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IF THOU SEEKEST HER AS SILVER. — That the process of mining was
understood long before the time of Solomon, is proved by the remains
of copper mines discovered in the peninsula of Sinai, and the gold...
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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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If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid (d)
treasures;
(d) Showing that no labour must be spared....
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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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IF THOU SEEKEST HER AS SILVER,.... That is, wisdom, knowledge, and
understanding; which all signify and relate unto one and the same
thing, expressed here by "her": namely, the doctrine of wisdom, or...
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If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid
treasures;
Ver. 4. _If thou seekest her as silver._] _Opulentissima metalla
quorum in alta latent venae,_ saith Seneca, _a_ Your rich...
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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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If thou seekest her as silver, with the same eagerness, AND SEARCHEST
FOR HER AS FOR HID TREASURES, with the avidity which avarice induces
in a person digging for gold or jewels,...
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ADVANTAGES IN ACCEPTING WISDOM...
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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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With the same unwearied diligence, and earnest desire, and patient
expectation under all delays, disappointments, and difficulties, which
worldlings use in the purchase of riches, or in digging in min...
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Proverbs 2:4 seek H1245 (H8762) silver H3701 search H2664 (H8799)
treasures H4301
thou -...
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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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_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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_Seekest her as silver._
SEARCH FOR HID TREASURES
Even in Job, the oldest book in the world, we read that the bitter in
soul dig for death more earnestly than for hid treasures (Job 3:21).
There is n...
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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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Ecclesiastes 4:8; Job 28:12; Luke 16:8; Matthew 13:44; Matthew 19:21
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Seek her — With unwearied diligence and earnest desire and patient
expectation....