Proverbs 4:1
CHILDREN. sons. INSTRUCTION. correction, or admonition. KNOW UNDERSTANDING. learn discernment.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. INSTRUCTION. correction, or admonition. KNOW UNDERSTANDING. learn discernment.... [ Continue Reading ]
SON. The Hebrew accent (_Dechi_) emphasizes this word to show (1) his own early training (Proverbs 4:3); (2) those whom he would instruct (verses: Proverbs 4:1; Proverbs 4:2); (3) his instruction (verses: Proverbs 4:5.) ONLY BELOVED. unique. IN THE SIGHT OF MY MOTHER.. special various reading, cal... [ Continue Reading ]
KEEP. Take heed to. LIVE: i.e. live again, in resurrection life. See note on Leviticus 18:5. Earthly life could he enjoyed without keeping commandments.... [ Continue Reading ]
GET WISDOM: Proverbs 4:6 tells how to do it. IT. her. WORDS. sayings. Hebrew. _imrah._ See App-73.... [ Continue Reading ]
HER: i.e. wisdom. PRESERVE. guard. KEEP. protect, as one protects the apple of one's eye. See note on Proverbs 4:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
WISDOM... WISDOM. Hebrew in four words, "Beginning wisdom get wisdom". as the principal thing, get wisdom.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN. because. Hebrew. _ki._... [ Continue Reading ]
A CROWN. A diadem. GLORY. beauty: i.e.. beautiful diadem. DELIVER. deliver fully and freely. Hebrew. _magan_ (a rare word). Occurs only in Genesis 14:20, here, and Hosea 11:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY SON. See note on Proverbs 1:8. SAYINGS. Hebrew. _imrah._ See App-73. THE YEARS OF THY LIFE SHALL BE MANY. [my sayings] shall grow greater [through] the years of thy life. The verb denotes increase of size, not merely numbers. See notes on Proverbs 3:2; Proverbs 3:16; Proverbs 10:27. The verb he... [ Continue Reading ]
TAUGHT. directed.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN THOU GOEST: or, as thou walkest; i.e. however hedged in our path seems, it opens out as we go forward. WHEN THOU RUNNEST. if thou runnest. To walk is obligatory; to run is optional.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE FAST HOLD. The Hiphils of this clause are emphatic. LET HER NOT GO. do not let her go. SHE. she herself. Emphatic.... [ Continue Reading ]
ENTER NOT. Note the Figure of speech _Synonymia_ (App-6) in the verbs of verses: Proverbs 4:14; Proverbs 4:15. Illustrations: Lot (Genesis 13:10); Solomon (2 Kings 23:13. Compare with 1 Kings 11:5); Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 18:1; 2 Chronicles 21:6. Compare with 2 Ch [ Continue Reading ]
AVOID. let that go; referring to Proverbs 4:14. Note the Figure of speech _Synonymia._ App-6. AWAY. on.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR. Hebrew. _im l'o_. because; i.e. the reason why they sleep not is because they mean mischief, and because they intend an occasion of stumbling.... [ Continue Reading ]
BREAD. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part) for food in general. OF. obtained. Genitive of Origin. App-17 (2). WICKEDNESS. lawlessness. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ App-27. OF VIOLENCE. obtained by violence. Genitive of Origin. App-17 (2).... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT. Marking the contrast between the growth of wickedness (verses: Proverbs 4:16; Proverbs 4:17), and the growth of wisdom leading in right paths (verses: Proverbs 4:11; Proverbs 4:12). THE SHINING LIGHT. the dawning of day: advancing and brightening till noon. PERFECT. stable part, when the sun s... [ Continue Reading ]
WAY OF THE WICKED. Illustrations: Korah (Numbers 16:16); Ahab (1 Kings 16:31); Babylon (Isaiah 47:11); Jews (Jeremiah 5:19; Jeremiah 5:25; Jeremiah 44:15.Ezekiel 18:29; Acts 28:25; Acts 28:26). as. [ Continue Reading ]
WORDS. Hebrew. _dabar._ App-73.... [ Continue Reading ]
DEPART. get away from.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEALTH. healing.... [ Continue Reading ]
KEEP... WITH ALL DILIGENCE. Above all that must be guarded. The preposition. (hebrew character) marks the place or person that keeps: the meaning being, guard the heart as the great citadel, for out of it are the source and outgoings of life. Same word as in verses: Proverbs 6:13. Not the same word... [ Continue Reading ]
PONDER THE PATH, &C. Illustrations: Abraham (Genesis 24:1. See note on Proverbs 3:5; Proverbs 3:6); Eleazar (Genesis 24:5); Joshua (Proverbs 24:15); Ruth (Proverbs 1:16); David (Psalms 39:1); Hezekiah (Psalms 119:50); The good wife ... [ Continue Reading ]