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The great hindrance to all true wisdom is the thought that we have
already attained it....
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CHAPTER 3
_ 1. The call and promise of wisdom (Proverbs 3:1)_
2. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom (Proverbs 3:11)
3. Promise and instruction (Proverbs 3:21)...
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FOURTH Discourse. The sage exhorts the young man to heed his oral
instruction (_torah),_ and to trust in Yahweh, fear Him, and honour
Him in the prescribed manner of firstfruits. It is interesting to...
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BE NOT WISE, &C. Illustrations: Ahab (1Ki 22:30, 1 Kings 22:34; 1
Kings 22:35); Jeroboam (1Ki 12:26-33. 1 Kings 13:33; 1 Kings 13:34.
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Fourth Address. Chap. Proverbs 3:1-10
Be obedient to my instruction, so shalt thou live long and prosper
(Proverbs 3:1). Trust, not in thyself, but in God (Proverbs 3:5). Seek
His direction ...
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The first clause of this verse in the rendering of the LXX.,
φρόνιμος παρὰ σεαυτῷ, is quoted by St Paul, Romans
12:16....
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BE NOT WISE IN THINE OWN EYES, &C.— He employs all his authority,
and all his eloquence, to exhort us to search after wisdom; but he
would not by any means that we should be wise in our own eyes: he
w...
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CHAPTER 3
TEXT Proverbs 3:1-12
1.
My son, forget not my law;
But let thy heart keep my commandments:
2.
For length of days, and years of life,
And peace, will they add to thee.
3.
Let not kind...
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Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
BE NOT WISE IN THINE OWN EYES (): FEAR THE LORD, AND DEPART FROM
EVIL. Do not think so highly of thine own wisdom as to think tho...
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THE BLESSINGS OF OBEDIENCE AND OF CHASTISEMENT
The first and third divisions, 1-10, 21-35, are exhortations to good
conduct and promises of consequent blessing. The second, 11-20,
declares the profit...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 3
V1 My son, do not forget my law.
Keep my commands in your heart.
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WRONG TYPES OF WISDOM AND INTELLIGENCE
There is a wrong type of wisdom. Verse 7 mentions ‘your own
wisdom’.
There is also a wrong type of intelligence. Verse 5 mentions ‘your
own intelligence’.
The...
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FEAR THE LORD, AND DEPART FROM EVIL. — The same result is reached by
Job also (Proverbs 28:28) in his inquiry after wisdom....
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אַל ־תְּהִ֣י חָכָ֣ם בְּ עֵינֶ֑יךָ
יְרָ֥א אֶת
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CHAPTER 4
THE EARTHLY REWARDS OF WISDOM
Proverbs 3:1
THE general teaching of these nine introductory Chapter s is that the
"ways of Wisdom are pleasantness, and all her paths are peace." We are
taug...
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CHAPTER 10
TWO VOICES IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE CITY
Proverbs 9:1, Proverbs 20:14 with Proberbs 3, and Proverbs 20:16 with
Prove
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THE RESULTS OF TRUSTING JEHOVAH
Proverbs 3:1-12
How replete with helpful instruction on the policy of life is this
paragraph! The _young_ of both sexes are invited to be merciful in
their judgments...
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As the former address had to do with the search for wisdom, this, in
view of the value of if is an appeal to cultivate wisdom. The appeal
consists of a declaration of its essence (verses Pro 3:1-10),...
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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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BE NOT WISE IN THINE OWN EYES,.... So as to act independently of God;
not to trust in him, nor acknowledge him, nor seek to him for help and
direction; nor ask nor take the advice of others; but, bein...
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Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
Ver. 7. _Be not wise in thine own eyes._] _Bis desipit qui sibi
sapit._ He is two fools that is wise in his own eyes. This
δοκησισο...
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_Be not wise in thine own eyes_ Be not puffed up with a vain conceit
of thine own wisdom, as if that were sufficient for the conduct of all
thine affairs, without direction and assistance from God, or...
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OBEDIENCE, FAITH, AND LIBERALITY URGED...
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Be not wise in thine own eyes, puffed up with an imagined superiority
on account of possible greater learning, since the wisdom of this
world is not essential before God; FEAR THE LORD, such reverence...
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7-12 There is not a greater enemy to the fear of the Lord in the
heart, than self-conceit of our own wisdom. The prudence and sobriety
which religion teaches, tend not only to the health of the soul,...
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BE NOT WISE IN THINE OWN EYES; be not puffed up with vain conceit of
thine own wisdom, as if that were sufficient for the conduct of all
thine affairs without direction or assistance from God, or with...
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Proverbs 3:7 wise H2450 eyes H5869 Fear H3372 (H8798) LORD H3068
depart H5493 (H8798) evil H7451
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INTRODUCTORY EXHORTATION FOLLOWED BY THE REQUIREMENT TO TRUST IN YHWH,
TO FEAR YHWH AND TO HONOUR YHWH (PROVERBS 3:1).
Solomon here speaks of wisdom and understanding in terms of ‘my
torah -- my comma...
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FEAR
Also; (Proverbs 2:5).
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
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Proverbs 3:7
I. The text may be paraphrased and expanded thus: God has taught you
by various ways by your own experience and that of others; above all,
by the warnings of conscience and the voice of r...
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CONTENTS: The power of true wisdom to make men both blessed and a
blessing.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: Those who have a continual regard to God's precepts and
put themselves unde...
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Proverbs 3:2. _Length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they
add to thee._ The premature death denounced against the profligate,
and the victims of the harlot, shall be far from thy dwelling. T...
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_Be not wise in thine own eyes._
SELF-CONCEIT
(see Isaiah 5:21):--
I. It involves self-ignorance. No one who knows himself could be
conceited. Let the wisest man think of two things--
1. His knowl...
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_My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments._
USEFUL PRECEPTS AND INSPIRING MOTIVES
I. To remember and keep in our hearts the things written in this book
(Proverbs 3:1). Int...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 3:8. NAVEL, “body” or “muscles.” MARROW, literally
“refreshing,” “moistening,” in contrast to the condition
described in Psalms 32:3.
PROVERBS 3:11. DESPITE NOT, or “loathe...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 3:1
4. _Fourth admonitory discourse. _The third chapter introduces us to a
group of admonitions, and the first of these (Proverbs 3:1) forms the
fourth admonitory discourse of the...
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Chapter 3 continues to
My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments:
For length of days, long life, peace, shall they add to thee (Proverbs
3:1-2).
Now these are the three. And...
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Ecclesiastes 12:13; Isaiah 5:21; Job 1:1; Job 28:28; Nehemiah 5:15;...
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LEST WE FORGET
Proverbs 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The Book of Proverbs speaks several times of the danger of forgetting
God and His Commandments. We are firmly convinced that herein is a
danger that w...