Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes
Proverbs 4:21
Proverbs 4:21 depart H3868 (H8686) eyes H5869 Keep H8104 (H8798) midst H8432 heart H3824
depart - Proverbs 3:3, Proverbs 3:21
in the - Proverbs 2:1; Psalms 40:8;
Proverbs 4:21 depart H3868 (H8686) eyes H5869 Keep H8104 (H8798) midst H8432 heart H3824
depart - Proverbs 3:3, Proverbs 3:21
in the - Proverbs 2:1; Psalms 40:8;
Verse Proverbs 4:21. _KEEP THEM IN THE MIDST OF THINE HEART._] Let them be wrapped up in the very _centre of thy affections_; that they may give spring and energy to every desire, word, and wish....
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)...
DEPART. get away from....
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...
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. LET THEM NOT DEPART FROM THINE EYES; KEEP THEM IN THE MIDST OF THINE HEART. As the "ear" was mentioned in , so the "eyes...
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...
These verses show us the subject of this passage. Each chapter of Proverbs 1:7 begins in a similar style. Here the subject is health. Wisdom is like a medicine, because wisdom improves our lives. Unli...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 4 V1 My sons, listen to your father’s instruction. As you listen to me, you will understand more....
Wise words are like medicine. They benefit every part of our bodies....
אַל ־יַלִּ֥יזוּ מֵ עֵינֶ֑יךָ שָׁ֝מְרֵ֗ם בְּ ת
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...
LET THEM NOT DEPART FROM THINE EYES,.... Commit them to writing, frequently read them over; let them be always in sight, as a rule and directory to steer the course of life by. Some understand this of...
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. Ver. 21. _Let them not depart._] _See Trapp on "_ Pro 3:21 _"_ In the midst of thy heart.] As in a safe repository, a read...
Let them not depart from thine eyes, so that they escape when vigilance is relaxed for so much as a moment; KEEP THEM IN THE MIDST OF THINE HEART, so that this treasure will not be lost....
WARNING AGAINST WICKEDNESS...
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...
Heartily love them, and stedfastly retain them,...
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...
Proverbs 2:1; Proverbs 3:21; Proverbs 3:3; Psalms 40:8...
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...