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Verse Proverbs 4:8. _SHE SHALL BRING THEE TO HONOUR_] There is
nothing, a strict life of piety and benevolence excepted, that has
such a direct tendency to _reflect honour_ upon a man, as the careful...
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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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WHEN. because. Hebrew. _ki._...
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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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Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to
honour, when thou dost embrace her.
EXALT HER, AND SHE SHALL PROMOTE THEE; SHE SHALL BRING THEE TO
HONOUR, WHEN THOU DOST EMBRACE HER...
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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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EXALT HER, AND SHE SHALL PROMOTE THEE. — Comp. 1 Samuel 2:30,
“Them that honour me I will honour.”...
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סַלְסְלֶ֥הָ וּֽ תְרֹומְמֶ֑ךָּ
תְּ֝כַבֵּ֗דְךָ כִּ֣י תְחַבְּקֶֽנָּה׃...
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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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EXALT HER, AND SHE SHALL PROMOTE THEE,.... Christ is to be exalted in
his person, by asserting his proper deity; by ascribing all divine
perfections to him; by allowing him to be the author of all div...
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Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour,
when thou dost embrace her.
Ver. 8. _Exalt her, and she shall._] Have a high and honourable esteem
of her and her children. Rabb...
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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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EXALT HER; let her have thine highest esteem and affection. TO HONOUR,
both with God and men; which Solomon knew by experience....
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Proverbs 4:8 Exalt H5549 (H8769) promote H7311 (H8787) honor H3513
(H8762) embrace H2263 (H8762)
Proverbs 3:35, Proverbs 22:4; 1 Samuel 2:30; 1 Kings 3:5-13; Daniel
12:3
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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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_Exalt her, and she shall promote thee._
MAN AND RELIGION MUTUALLY EXALTED
True wisdom includes two things--first, the choice of the highest
possible good; secondly, the adoption of the best possibl...
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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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1 Kings 3:5; 1 Samuel 2:30; Daniel 12:3; Proverbs 22:4; Proverbs 3:35...
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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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Exalt — Let her have thine highest esteem and affection....