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Verse Proverbs 1:7. _THE FEAR OF THE LORD_] In the preceding verses
Solomon shows the _advantage_ of acting according to the dictates of
wisdom; in the following verses he shows the _danger_ of actin...
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The beginning of wisdom is found in the temper of reverence and awe.
The fear of the finite in the presence of the Infinite, of the sinful
in the presence of the Holy (compare Job 42:5), this for the...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
A detailed analysis, as we have made it in other books, cannot be
fully made in this collection of proverbs. Most of them are detached
and each has a message by itself. To int...
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PROVERBS 1-9. FIRST SECTION. THE PRAISE OF WISDOM.
Proverbs 1:1. Title, either of the whole book, or of this particular
collection.
The word for PROVERB, _mâ shâ l,_ has a wide significance _in Heb....
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FEAR. reverence. This expression occurs fourteen times in Proverbs
(Proverbs 1:7; Proverbs 1:29; Proverbs 2:5; Proverbs 8:13;...
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The Introduction. Chap. Proverbs 1:2-7
The Introduction consists of a statement of the object of the Book
(Proverbs 1:2), which is primarily to instruct the young in Wisdom
(Proverbs 1:4), but at the...
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This verse stands out as the motto, or key-note, both of the whole
Book, and of the whole subject of which the Book treats. I am
offering, the writer would seem to say, to give you the right of
enteri...
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THE FEAR OF THE LORD— See Psalms 111:10. As the first lesson, the
wise man tells us, that the fear of the Lord is the principle of
wisdom. All wisdom which is not founded in religion, in the fear of
G...
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CHAPTER 1
TEXT Proverbs 1:1-9
1.
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
2.
To know wisdom and instruction;
To discern the words of understanding;
3.
To receive instruction in...
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise
wisdom and instruction.
THE FEAR OF THE LORD (IS) THE BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE - the grand
summary of the whole book (cf. , "The...
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1:7 fools (o-10) _ Eveel_ . It is the generic word, but has two
shades of meaning according as it is opposed to _ chakam_ , 'wise,' or
_ aroom_ , 'prudent,' 'wary,' ch. 12.16. But the idea of 'wicked...
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A motto for the whole book. True morality is based on a right relation
to God. Fear is the keynote of OT. piety; not slavish terror, but
reverence and humility....
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The chapter falls into three principal divisions.
1-6. Title and Introduction explaining the object of the whole book,
which is to instruct the inexperienced and add to the educated man's
knowledge. I...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
ABOUT THE BOOK OF PROVERBS
King Solomon ruled the nation of Israel for 40 years. He brought
peace and wealth to the nation. Solomon’s workmen built pa...
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When you learned English, you started with easy words. When you learn
any subject, you must start with easy lessons. The first lesson in
wisdom is that we must respect God. He made everything. He is g...
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2. — FIFTEEN DIDACTIC POEMS, OR DISCOURSES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS
(Proverbs 1:7 to Proverbs 9:18).
(_a_)_ First Discourse:_ — _Against Companionship in Robbery_
(Proverbs 1:7).
(7) The fear of the Lord...
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יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה רֵאשִׁ֣ית דָּ֑עַת
חָכְמָ֥ה וּ֝...
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CHAPTER 2
THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge."- Proverbs 1:7
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: And the knowledge of
the Holy One is understa...
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“THE BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE”
Proverbs 1:1-19
Notice the perfect balance of each clause, and the duplication of the
one thought in the two clauses of each verse.
_Wisdom_ as used in this book is more...
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The Book of Proverbs is one of the wisdom books of the Hebrew people.
Emotionally and fundamentally, wisdom is the fear of God;
intellectually, a knowledge of the manifestations of the divine
wisdom;...
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_Fear. Thus we arrive at charity. (St. Augustine, in ep. Jo. ix.; Job
xxviii. 28., &c.) This fear includes religion, but not barren
speculations. (Calmet) --- It implies a desire to act, and not simpl...
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To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of
understanding; To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and
judgment, and equity; To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man
knowle...
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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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THE FEAR OF THE LORD [IS] THE BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE,.... Here
properly the book begins, and this is the first of the proverbs, and
an excellent one; it is such an one as is not to be found in all the...
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_The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools
despise wisdom and instruction._
Ver. 7. _The fear of the Lord is the beginning._] Or, The chief and
principal point _a_ of wisdom,...
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_The fear of the Lord_ That is, reverence for and obedience to God;
_is the beginning of knowledge_ The foundation and source of it;
without which all other knowledge is vain and useless. Mark well th...
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A FUNDAMENTAL TRAIT OF WISDOM IS THE AVOIDANCE OF WICKEDNESS...
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The fear of the Lord, the reverence of Jehovah flowing from childlike
faith in Him, IS THE BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE, the basis of all true
wisdom, both in understanding the Word and will of the Lord and...
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THE BEGINNING:
Or, the principal part...
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7-9 Fools are persons who have no true wisdom, who follow their own
devices, without regard to reason, or reverence for God. Children are
reasonable creatures, and when we tell them what they must do,...
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THE FEAR OF THE LORD; reverence and obedience to God, or his worship
and service, as this word is commonly used. THE BEGINNING; either the
foundation, or the top, and perfection, or chief point, witho...
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INTRODUCTION TO THE PROLOGUE (PROVERBS 1:1).
The book commences with an introduction which explains its purpose in
some depth. Its aim is to pass on ‘the sayings of Solomon, the son
of David, king of...
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FEAR
Also; (Proverbs 1:29);
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
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Proverbs 1:7
Solomon grounds the fear of God, the basis of the whole religious
life, upon the duty of obedience to parents.
I. It is not mere children to whom he is speaking; he is addressing
young...
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Proverbs 1:7
I understand by the fear of the Lord an abiding and reverent sense of
the presence of God and of accountableness to Him. And in order for
this to exist, God must not be the creature of ea...
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CONTENTS: Wisdom's reasoning with the children of men and the certain
ruin of those who turn a deaf ear to Wisdom's call.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son, Wisdom, (Christ).
CONCLUSION: Of all thin...
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Proverbs 1:1. _Proverbs,_ apothegms, parables, sentences, similitudes.
The proverbs of a nation are the compressions of wisdom into short
maxims, which like the coins of a country worn bare by use, pa...
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_The proverbs of Solomon._
THE BOOK OF PROVERBS
1. The book does not consist of proverbs entirely. Much of it is the
language of pious exhortation and spiritual precept.
2. The book contains many w...
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_The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge._
THE FIRST RUDIMENTS OF KNOWLEDGE
The fear of the Lord is an abiding and reverent sense of the presence
of God and of accountableness to Him: For...
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PROVERBS 1:1 Title, Goal, and Motto. After the title (v. Proverbs
1:1), there is an introduction that describes the goal of the whole
book (vv....
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 1:7 THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING
OF KNOWLEDGE. This is the core truth of the book: the quest for wisdom
begins with the fear of the Lord (see...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 1:7. FOOLS, derived from a word meaning to be gross and dull
of understanding. Gesenius understands it to signify “one who turns
away,” the “perverse.”
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 1:1
PART I. THE TITLE AND SUPERSCRIPTION.
The superscription of the Proverbs, which extends from verse 1 to
verse 6, furnishes us with an epitome in short and concise language of...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles tonight to Proverbs, chapter 1. The first
six verses are sort of a preface to the book, as authors many times
write a preface to their work.
The Proverbs of Solomon the so...
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Ecclesiastes 12:13; Job 28:28; John 3:18; Proverbs 9:10; Proverbs 1
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THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON
Proverbs 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. Solomon's great choice. It was in Gibeon that the Lord appeared
unto Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, "Ask what I shall give
thee...
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The fear — Reverence and obedience to God. Beginning — The
foundation without which all other knowledge is vain. Fools — That
is, wicked men, are so far from attaining true wisdom, that they
despise i...