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Verse Proverbs 4:6. _FORSAKE HER NOT_] Wisdom personified is here
represented as a _guardian_ and _companion_, who, if not forsaken,
will continue faithful; if loved, will continue a protector....
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The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father.
Compare it with 2 Samuel 23:2 etc.; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles
29:17; Psalms 15:1; Psalms 24:1; Psalms 37.
Proverbs 4:7
Or, “Th...
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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)
Proverbs 4:1. This passage shows the early tra...
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HER: i.e. wisdom.
PRESERVE. guard.
KEEP. protect, as one protects the apple of one's eye. See note on
Proverbs 4:23....
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Seventh Address. Chap. Proverbs 4:1-9
Resuming, after the parenthesis (Proverbs 3:27-35) the style and tone
of fatherly address of the preceding sections, the Teacher commends
Wisdom to his scholars...
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CHAPTER 4
TEXT Proverbs 4:1-9
1.
Hear my sons, the instruction of a father,
And attend to know understanding:
2.
For I give you good doctrine;
Forsake ye not my law.
3.
For I was a son unto my...
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Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall
keep thee.
FORSAKE HER NOT, AND SHE SHALL PRESERVE THEE: LOVE HER, AND SHE SHALL
KEEP THEE. If thou forsake her not, she will...
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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 d...
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This poem is not just about Solomon’s family. It is about all
families. It tells us that a father should teach his son. When he
grows older, the son should teach his own children.
Solomon’s family wa...
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אַל ־תַּעַזְבֶ֥הָ וְ תִשְׁמְרֶ֑ךָּ
אֱהָבֶ֥הָ וְ תִצְּרֶֽךָּ׃...
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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...
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THE COUNSELS OF EXPERIENCE.
Proverbs 3:27-35; Proverbs 4:1-9
Here are many duties! _Be generous!_ Of course we must discriminate-
_to whom it is due;_ and we must be prudent- _when it is in the powe...
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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...
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For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my
mother. He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my
words: keep my commandments, and live. Get wisdom, get unde...
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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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FORSAKE HER NOT, AND SHE SHALL PRESERVE THEE,.... That is, Wisdom, or
Christ. Men may be said to forsake Christ when they forsake the
assembly of his church and people, which are his other self; when...
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Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall
keep thee.
Ver. 6. _Forsake her not, &c._] Wisdom is her own reward. If she
forsake us, it is because the desertion is first on o...
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_He taught me also, and said unto me_ The following verses, at least
as far as the tenth, are represented as containing the words of David,
Solomon's father, that the name of so great a king, and so h...
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ADMONITIONS CONCERNING WISDOM...
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1-13 We must look upon our teachers as our fathers: though instruction
carry in it reproof and correction, bid it welcome. Solomon's parents
loved him, therefore taught him. Wise and godly men, in eve...
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LOVE HER; he intimates that it is not enough to do what is good, which
may sometimes proceed from worldly or sinful motives, but that we must
have a sincere and fervent more and more unto the perfect...
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Proverbs 4:6 forsake H5800 (H8799) preserve H8104 (H8799) Love H157
(H8798) keep H5341 (H8799)
love - Proverbs 4:21-22, Proverbs 2:10-12; Ephesians 3:17; 2
Thessalonians 2:10...
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AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCE OF WHAT HIS FATHER HAD TAUGHT HIM AS
‘A SON' (PROVERBS 4:3).
Solomon now stresses that his wisdom has partly come down to him from
his father. This greatly added to i...
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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...
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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...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 4:8. EXALT or “esteem.”
PROVERBS 4:9. Last clause, or “she shall compass thee with a crown
of glory.”
PROVERBS 4:10. As is all other instances (see Notes on Chap. Proverbs...
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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...
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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...
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2 Thessalonians 2:10; Ephesians 3:17; Proverbs 2:10; Proverbs 4:21;
Proverbs 4:22...
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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 fat...