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The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:35

The wise shall inherit glory. Proverbs 11:2 indicates that "the wise" here are to be identified with "the lowly" of the preceding verse. Inherit ; succeed to it as a matter of course by hereditary right as sons. Heirship implies sonship. Glory ( kavod ); or, honour ; not merely earthly distinction and splendour, the glory of man, but the "glory of God." But shame shall be the promotion of fools; or, as margin, shame exalteth the fools. The rendering of the original, ... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 3

A.M. 3004. B.C. 1000. “This chapter,” says Henry, “is one of the most excellent in all this book: both for argument to persuade us to be religious, and for directions in religion.” We are exhorted to be constant in our duty, because it is the way to be happy, Proverbs 3:1-4 . To live a life of dependance upon God, because it is the way to be safe, Proverbs 3:5-7 . To keep up the fear of God, because it tends to health and comfort of body and mind, Proverbs 3:7 , Proverbs 3:8 . To serve... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 3:1-4

Proverbs 3:1-4. My son, forget not my law My doctrine or counsel; but let thy heart keep, &c. By diligent meditation and hearty affection. For length of days, &c. God will add these blessings which he hath promised to the obedient, Deuteronomy 8:18; Deuteronomy 30:20; 1 Timothy 4:8. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee That mercy and truth, which are man’s duty. Mercy denotes all benignity, charity, and readiness to do good to others; truth, or faithfulness, respects all... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 3:5-6

Proverbs 3:5-6 . Trust in the Lord with all thy heart Wholly and securely rely upon God’s wisdom, power, and goodness, and upon his providence and promises, for direction and help in all thine affairs and dangers. Lean not to thine own understanding Think not to accomplish thy designs by the strength of thine own understanding, without God’s blessing. Under this one kind of carnal confidence he understands all other kinds, such as confidence in bodily strength, wealth, or friends. In all... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 3:7-8

Proverbs 3:7-8. 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 without the advice of others. Fear the Lord, &c. This he adds, because reverence for, and a dread of, the Divine Majesty, will make a man, when he compares himself with God, little and vile in his own eyes. Reverence God’s wisdom, and despise thine own. It shall be health... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 3:9-10

Proverbs 3:9-10. Honour the Lord with thy substance Lay out thy estate, not to please thyself, but to glorify God; and with the first-fruits of all thy increase Or, with the chief, or best; which answers to the first-fruits under the law. So shall thy barns be filled with plenty This is not the way to diminish thy estate, as covetous and profane persons allege, but rather to increase it. read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 3:11-12

Proverbs 3:11-12. My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord Either by making light of it, or not being duly affected with it, or by accounting it an unnecessary thing; but rather esteem it a privilege and favour from God. Neither be weary of his correction Neither think it tedious or hard, but endure it with patience and cheerfulness. For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth Afflictions are not calamities, but benefits and comforts, because they are testimonies of God’s love, which... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 3:13-15

Proverbs 3:13-15. Happy is the man Notwithstanding all his afflictions; that findeth wisdom Which supposes his diligent searching for it, expressed Proverbs 2:4. And the man that getteth Hebrew, יפיק , that draweth out, understanding Which expression implies two things: 1st, That man hath it not naturally in himself, but must have it from another, even from God and his word; 2d, That men should labour for it as those labour that dig and draw forth metals out of the earth. For the... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 3:16-18

Proverbs 3:16-18. Length of days is in her right hand Wisdom is here represented as a great and generous princess, distributing gifts to her subjects. She holds forth in her right hand the great blessing of health and length of days unto all those who will walk in the way to which she points; and it was but just to place this in her right hand, that is, to give it the precedence, because it was the chief promise of the law, and, indeed, unless when affliction is necessary for our... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 3:19-20

Proverbs 3:19-20. The Lord by wisdom, &c. From human wisdom, or wisdom attainable by man, of which Solomon had hitherto treated, he now digresses to divine; thereby insinuating that it ought not to seem strange that he had said so much in praise of wisdom, and had so vehemently exhorted men to seek it, since all the works of God are effected by it; and that his readers might understand that he did not call them to the imitation of men, subject to errors and vices like themselves, but to... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:35

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 3:1-4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 3:5-6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 3:7-8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 3:9-10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 3:11-12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 3:13-15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 3:16-18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 3:19-20

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