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Verse Proverbs 4:7. _WISDOM_ IS _THE PRINCIPAL THING_] ראשית
חכמה _reshith_ _chochmah_, "wisdom is the principle." It is the
_punctum saliens_ in all religion to know the true God, and _what_ he
requi...
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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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WISDOM... WISDOM. Hebrew in four words, "Beginning wisdom get wisdom".
as the principal thing, get wisdom....
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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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DISCOURSE: 762
THE NATURE AND EXCELLENCE OF TRUE WISDOM
Proverbs 4:7. _Wisdom is the principal thing: therefore get wisdom;
and with all thy getting, get understanding_.
THE inspired volume is no le...
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WISDOM IS THE PRINCIPAL THING— "As there is no thing comparable to
wisdom; so the first step to it is, to know as much, and to prize it
accordingly. Begin therefore to be wise, by looking upon the fea...
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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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Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy
getting get understanding.
WISDOM IS THE PRINCIPAL THING; (THEREFORE) GET WISDOM: AND WITH ALL
THY GETTING GET UNDERSTANDING. T...
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4:7 wisdom; (g-7) Or, 'Wisdom is the principal thing. get wisdom.'
'Beginning' is as Genesis 1:1 ; Psalms 111:10 ; Proverbs 1:7 . see
Note b, Leviticus 2:12 ....
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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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WISDOM IS THE PRINCIPAL THING... — This may also be translated, _The
beginning of wisdom is Get_ (or, _to get,_ comp. Proverbs 16:16)
_wisdom: and with_ (_i.e.,_ at the price of) _all thou hast gotten...
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רֵאשִׁ֣ית חָ֭כְמָה קְנֵ֣ה חָכְמָ֑ה וּ
בְ כָל ־קִ֝נְיָנְךָ֗ קְנֵ֣ה בִינָֽה׃...
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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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(c) Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with
all thy getting get understanding.
(c) He shows that we must first begin with God's word, if we will that
other things prosper wi...
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_Beginning. The first part of wisdom is to desire it. For nothing
hindereth from being just, but that justice is not desired. (St.
Augustine, in Psalm cxviii. 20.) (Worthington) --- "Wisdom is the
pri...
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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 PRINCIPAL THING_
‘Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all
thy getting get understanding.’
Proverbs 4:7
I. THERE MUST BE REALITY IN OUR KNOWLEDGE.—It must be the real...
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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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WISDOM [IS] THE PRINCIPAL THING,.... Or principal, one; the principal
of persons and things; the principal of persons, angels or men: Christ
is superior to angels, having a more excellent name and nat...
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Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all
thy getting get understanding.
Ver. 7. _Wisdom is the principal thing._] Say the world what it will,
a drachma of this wisdom is...
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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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THE PRINCIPAL THING; the most excellent of all possessions. WITH ALL;
even with the price of all, though it cost thee the loss of all which
thou hast. Or, _or among all_. Whilst you labour for other t...
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Proverbs 4:7 Wisdom H2451 principal H7225 get H7069 (H8798) wisdom
H2451 getting H7075 understanding H998
Wisdom is - Ecclesiastes 7:12, Ecclesiastes 9:16-18; Matthew 13:44-46;
Luke 10:42; Php_3:8
wi...
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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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Proverbs 4:7
I. There must be reality in our knowledge. It must be the real
knowledge of real things. We must be sure that we, in the first
instance, take it in as accurately as possible. We must not...
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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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_Wisdom is the principal thing._
THE PRINCIPAL THING
I. If we consider man’s spiritual state in the sight of God.
II. If we consider man’s present happiness. The true happiness of
man has its found...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 4:7 GET WISDOM. The reader is encouraged
to search for wisdom and guard it continually. It is a great treasure
(see Proverbs 2:4; Proverbs 3:13; Proverbs 4:20). In Proverbs 1...
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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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Ecclesiastes 2:4; Ecclesiastes 4:8; Ecclesiastes 7:12; Ecclesiastes
9:16; Luke 10:42; Luke 12:20; Mark 8:36; Mark 8:37; Matthew 13:44;...
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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...
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With all — Even with the price of all....