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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 2:1-5

WISDOM’S COUNSELS‘My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; … then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.’ Proverbs 2:1-Deuteronomy : This is only one passage out of many in which wisdom is connected with religion, in which it is asserted that a religious fear of God is the first step in true wisdom, and that he who would know God aright must... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2

Discourse 2. The Source Of True Wisdom Is YHWH, And Those Who Truly Seek Wisdom Will Find YHWH Himself, And He Will Then Reveal His Wisdom To Them. And This Wisdom That God Gives Them Will Deliver Them From All Who Are Evil (Proverbs 2:1-21 ). We now learn that those who receive Solomon’s words and seek for true wisdom, will come to the place where they understand the fear of YHWH and find the knowledge of God. For it is God Who gives such wisdom, and it is He Who, whilst showing the upright... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:1-5

Solomon Calls On His ‘Son’ To Receive His Words With A View To Attaining A True Knowledge Of God Which Will Cause Him To Reverence Him (Proverbs 2:1-5 ). The first voice that speaks to the young man is the voice of his mentor, which echoes the voice of God (Proverbs 2:6). He calls on him to apply his heart and mind to understanding the fear of YHWH and finding the knowledge of God. And this he will do by seeking earnestly after wisdom and understanding, partly as divulged by his mentor. This... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:1-22

Prologue To The Book (Proverbs 1:8 to Proverbs 9:18 ). It was common throughout the 3rd to the 1st millenniums BC for collections of wisdom saying to have a prologue preparing for the ‘sayings’ that would follow. Those sayings would then be introduced by a subheading. Proverbs thus follows the usual precedent in having such a prologue in Proverbs 1:8 to Proverbs 9:18, followed by general sayings in Proverbs 10:1 ff headed by a subheading (Proverbs 10:1). It was also common for such a... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:6-11

Solomon Stresses That The Source Of True Wisdom Is God, And That He Gives It To His Own, In Order to Maintain True Righteousness, And Enable Them To Appreciate It And Walk In It (Proverbs 2:6-11 ). In Proverbs 2:1-5 the concentration has been on earnestly seeking after God through gaining wisdom and understanding. Now the concentration is on God’s activity as He imparts that wisdom, and on His word (what comes from His mouth) which gives that knowledge and understanding. And what He achieves... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:12-15

Deliverance From Sinful Men (Proverbs 2:12-15 ). The giving of wisdom, knowledge and understanding will deliver the young man from the way of evil. This is necessary for the second voice that speaks to the young man is that of ungodly men. In consequence the great need of the godly man is to be delivered from those who would lead him in wrong paths. This is important because the world is full of people who seek to lead astray those who are seeking to truly follow God. At first the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:16-20

Deliverance From The Temptations Of Women (Proverbs 2:16-20 ). Solomon was very conscious of the fact that one of a man’s greatest dangers in walking in the way of wisdom was the allurement and attraction of women. It is a subject that he brings up a number of times in the prologue in some detail (see also Proverbs 5:1-23; Proverbs 6:24-35; Proverbs 7:6-27; Proverbs 9:13-18). And it was an attraction that would bring about his own downfall (1 Kings 11:1-8). Indeed he was clearly aware of his... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:21-22

The Contrast Between What Happens To The Upright, And What Happens To The Wicked (Proverbs 2:21-22 ). Each of the first three chapters of Proverbs, together with Proverbs 4:1-19, ends with a contrast between what happens to the upright, and what happens to those who are not. In Proverbs 1:32-33 the contrast is between the simple/naive and the fools, as against those who hear and respond to wisdom. Here the contrast is between the wicked and the treacherous as against those who are upright and... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:1-22

Proverbs 2:1-Song of Solomon : . Third Discourse.— The wise man praises Wisdom, describing the blessings of obedience to her. The deeper religious element in wisdom appears, the fundamental conception of Hebrew prophecy, that the knowledge of God is the supreme good. Proverbs 2:1-1 Kings : . If the young man hearkens to wisdom, prizes it above all other gain, he will acquire the true knowledge of God. Yahweh alone gives wisdom, and He gives it only to the upright. Proverbs 2:5 . The phrase “... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 2

PROVERBS CHAPTER 2 Solomon exhorteth his son to get Wisdom, Proverbs 2:1-4; telleth him the benefit he shall receive thereby, Proverbs 2:5-10, and the evils which he should avoid, Proverbs 2:11,Proverbs 2:12. The wicked man’s ways are described, Proverbs 2:13-20. A habitation promised the righteous, Proverbs 2:21. The end of the wicked miserable, Proverbs 2:22. read more

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 2:1-5

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:1-5

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:1-22

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:6-11

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:12-15

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:16-20

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:21-22

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:1-22

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 2

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