Proverbs 1:23-2:10 NASB

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 1:23

Turn, &c. = Turn [and listen to] my reproof. Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos ( App-6 ), to emphasize the conditional promise. spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9 . Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject) for all spiritual blessings. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 1:23

Proverbs 1:23. Behold I will pour out, &c.— I will communicate my Spirit to you, and cause you to comprehend my words. "I will open my heart, explain my sentiments, set my counsels before your eyes: I demand only your attention, and your sincere return to me, to truth, to wisdom." The Hebrew is literally, If you return at my instruction; or, if you turn your face at my correction; "I will make my Spirit flow upon you, as a source or fountain which produceth its water." Schultens says, the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 1:23

23. reproof—implying conviction deserving it (compare :-, Margin). pour out—abundantly impart. my spirit—whether of wisdom personified, or of Christ, a divine agent. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 1:8-36

B. Instruction for Young People 1:8-8:36The two ways (paths, worldviews) introduced in Proverbs 1:7 stretch out before the reader (cf. Matthew 7:13-14). In this section Solomon spoke to his son, guiding him into God’s way. "My son" was and is a customary way of addressing a disciple."It derives from the idea that parents are primarily responsible for moral instruction (Proverbs 4:3-4; Deuteronomy 6:7)." [Note: Ross, p. 907.] The frequent recurrence of the phrase "my son" in this part of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 1:20-33

2. Wisdom’s appeal 1:20-33This is one of several passages in Proverbs where the writer personified wisdom. Her call comes to people in the market, in the hustle and bustle of life, not in the seclusion of the home or sanctuary (cf. Proverbs 1:8). [Note: See Phyllis Trible, "Wisdom Builds a Poem: The Architecture of Proverbs 1:20-33," Journal of Biblical Literature 94 (1975):509-18.] "To whom does Wisdom speak? To three classes of sinners: the simple ones, the scorners (scoffers, mockers, NIV),... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 1:1-33

The chapter falls into three principal divisions.1-6. Title and Introduction explaining the object of the whole book, which is to instruct the inexperienced and add to the educated man’s knowledge. It is assumed that good conduct is an art which can be taught. But the learner must be in sympathy with the subject; a right judgment concerning moral truth is attainable only by those who hunger and thirst after righteousness. The method of instruction is by proverbs, figures, parables and vivid... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 1:23

(23) I will pour out my spirit unto you.—Comp. the prophecy of Joel 2:28, promised by our Lord (John 7:38-39), and fulfilled at Pentecost (Acts 2:17).I will make known my words unto you.—For a similar promise that God’s will shall be revealed to those who fear and follow Him, comp. Psalms 25:14 : “The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him;” and Christ’s promise: “If any man will do God’s will, he shall know of the doctrine,” &c. (John 7:17). read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Proverbs 1:1-33

Proverbs 1:0 Ruskin writes: 'Read this first of Proverbs with me, please. The Proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel. '"To know wisdom and instruction." '(Not to opine them.) '"To perceive the words of understanding." '(He that hath eyes, let him read he that hath ears, hear, and for the Blind and the Deaf, if patient and silent by the roadside, there may also be some one to say, "He is coming".) '"To receive the instruction of Wisdom, Justice, and Judgment, and Equity." 'Four... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 1:1-33

CHAPTER 2THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge."- Proverbs 1:7"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding."- Proverbs 9:10"To fear the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and it was created with the faithful in the womb"- Sirach 1:14; also Psalms 111:10THE book of Proverbs belongs to a group of works in the Hebrew literature the subject of which is Wisdom. It is probably the earliest of them all, and may... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Proverbs 1:1-33

Analysis and Annotations A detailed analysis, as we have made it in other books, cannot be fully made in this collection of proverbs. Most of them are detached and each has a message by itself. To interpret each separately, to point out the many spiritual lessons, as well as prophetic application, to show their relation to other portions of the Word of God and to explain them by incidents taken from the Bible, would require volumes; and even then the spiritual meaning would not be exhausted.... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 1:23

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 1:23

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 1:23

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 1:8-36

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 1:20-33

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 1:1-33

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 1:23

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Proverbs 1:1-33

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 1:1-33

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Proverbs 1:1-33

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