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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)
Proverbs 3:1. The call to obedience...
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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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SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.
NECK. Septuagint adds, "Yea, it shall be healing to thy flesh; and
refreshing to thy bones"....
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DISCOURSE: 760
TRUE RELIGION DELINEATED
Proverbs 3:21. _My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep
sound wisdom and discretion: so shall they be life unto thy soul, and
grace to thy neck. Then...
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MY SON, LET NOT THEM DEPART, &C.— Wisdom gives life, health, safety,
to body and soul: it is the most precious ornament of those who
possess it: for the rest, when the wise man in so many places promi...
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TEXT Proverbs 3:13-26
13.
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,
And the man that getteth understanding.
14.
For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver,
And the profit thereof tha...
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So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
SO SHALL THEY BE LIFE UNTO THY SOUL, AND GRACE TO THY NECK. Wisdom
reveals the righteousness of God whereby the believer in Christ lives...
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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.
V2 My commands will bring you long life.
They will bring you wealth....
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וְ יִֽהְי֣וּ חַיִּ֣ים לְ נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ
וְ֝ חֵ֗ן לְ גַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ׃...
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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
Proverbs 4:1
AFTER the lengthened contrast between the vicious woman and W...
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WISDOM'S WAYS OF PLEASANTNESS
Proverbs 3:13-26
Wisdom is susceptible of cultivation. It is a _mine_ that needs to be
worked with patient toil. Compare Proverbs 3:13-15 with Job 28:18. It
is comparab...
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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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_Mouth. There have been wise and virtuous men afflicted, ver. 11. But
they have borne all with patience, and have merited a more glorious
reward than what this earth could afford. (Calmet)_...
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My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and
discretion: So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy
neck. Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall no...
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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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SO SHALL THEY BE LIFE UNTO THY SOUL,.... Give it a better life than it
naturally has, though immortal; Christ is both the spiritual and
eternal life of the souls of those that look unto him by faith;...
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So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Ver. 22. _So shall they be life unto thy soul._] For "by these men
live, and this is the spirit of my life," saith Hezekiah; Isa 38:16
even...
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_My son, let them not depart_, &c. Let me prevail with thee to keep
these good instructions before the eyes of thy mind continually.
Constantly and seriously meditate upon them, and thereby thou wilt...
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THE HAPPINESS OF POSSESSING TRUE WISDOM...
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21-26 Let us not suffer Christ's words to depart from us, but keep
sound wisdom and discretion; then shall we walk safely in his ways.
The natural life, and all that belongs to it, shall be under the...
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UNTO THY SOUL; either,
1. To thee or thy person. They shall prolong and perpetuate thy life,
and make it life indeed, to wit, pleasant and happy; whereas a
miserable life is reputed a kind of death,...
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Proverbs 3:22 life H2416 soul H5315 grace H2580 neck H1621
life - Proverbs 4:22; Isaiah 38:16; John 12:49-50
grace - Proverbs 1:9...
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RESPONDING TO GOD'S WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING WILL RESULT IN LIFE,
PEACE AND SECURITY BUT MUST RESULT IN POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS
OTHERS, FOR YHWH WILL BLESS THE RIGHTEOUS, LOWLY AND WISE WHILST HE
W...
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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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_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 3:21. THEM, _i.e._ “sound wisdom and discretion;” SOUND
WISDOM, the same word as in chap. Proverbs 2:7 (see notes there).
Miller translates here, as there, “_something stabl...
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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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Isaiah 38:16; John 12:49; John 12:50; Proverbs 1:9; Proverbs 4:22...
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SEEKING AFTER WISDOM
Proverbs 3:13
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The wise man versus the foolish man. Many a man who thinks himself
to be wise is a fool. Why? Because he is building his hopes upon the
sand...
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Grace — Like a beautiful chain or ornament....