The promise. The highest blessedness is to know God John 17:3. If any distinction between “the Lord” יהוה _y__e__hovâh_ and “God” אלהים _'elohı̂ym_ can be pressed here, it is that in the former the p...
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)...
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...
THEN. In that case. See notes above. THE FEAR, &C. That is only "the beginning of wisdom", not the end. See note on Proverbs 1:7. FIND. What He has hidden (Proverbs 2:7). GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App...
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...
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....
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. THEN SHALT THOU UNDERSTAND THE FEAR OF THE LORD, AND FIND THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. "Then," the consequent of the "if," ;...
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.'...
THE REWARD OF WISDOM If we respect God, then we shall become wise. God gives his wisdom to us. We are his people, and he guards us. He defends us, and he protects us. Psalms 23 compares God to a man...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 2 V1 My son, accept my words! Hide my commands inside yourself! v2
FIND THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. — It is the highest of all gifts, even eternal life itself, to know God, the Giver of all good things. It was to bestow this knowledge upon man that Christ came into the wor...
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...
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...
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...
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the (e) knowledge of God. (e) This (he says) is the true wisdom to know and fear God....
_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...
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...
THEN SHALT THOU UNDERSTAND THE FEAR OF THE LORD,.... The grace of fear, and the exercise of it: which is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge, and is a treasure itself, Proverbs 1:7. By means of the...
Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. Ver. 5. _Then shalt thou understand._] Then shalt thou be as those noble Romans were, Rom 15:14 "full of goodness, fill...
_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...
then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, making this childlike reverence for Jehovah, the outflow of faith, one's most valuable possession, AND FIND THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, for the fear of God i...
ADVANTAGES IN ACCEPTING WISDOM...
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...
UNDERSTAND MORE PERFECTLY AND PROFITABLY; for that very seeking and searching after it, PROVERBS 2:4, supposed some understanding. THE FEAR OF THE LORD; which is the beginning of this wisdom, PROVERBS...
Proverbs 2:5 understand H995 (H8799) fear H3374 LORD H3068 find H4672 (H8799) knowledge H1847 God H430...
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...
FEAR Also; (Proverbs 3:7); (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_Find the knowledge of God._ THE BENEFITS OF RELIGION Religion, whether natural or revealed, has always the same beneficial influence on the mind. In youth, in health and prosperity, it awakens feeli...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 2:5 The first benefit of wisdom is that one WILL UNDERSTAND THE FEAR OF THE LORD. This knowledge is possible only because the Lord gives it to the UPRIGHT. Whil
_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...
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...
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...
1 John 5:20; 2 Chronicles 1:10; Hosea 6:3; Jeremiah 24:7; Jeremia