Proverbs 4:10-5:14 NIV

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 4:1-13

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 every age of the world, and rank in society, agree that true wisdom consists in obedience, and is united to happiness. Get wisdom, take pains for it. Get the rule over thy corruptions; take more pains to get this than the wealth of this world. An interest in Christ's salvation is necessary. This... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Proverbs 4:1-13

Admonitions Concerning Wisdom v. 1. Hear, ye children, the affectionate address being intended to arouse attention in his readers, the instruction of a father, one who, for that reason, had the experience needed to teach others, and attend to know understanding, to make it their property. v. 2. For I give you good doctrine, teachings which he had received from his father, the value of which had been proved, which he could therefore hand over to the younger generation with words of warm... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Proverbs 4:1-27

Second Group of Admonitory or Gnomic DiscoursesProverbs 4:1 to Proverbs 7:277. Report of the teacher of wisdom concerning the good counsels in favor of piety, and the warnings against vice, which were given him in his youth by his fatherProverbs 4:1-271 Hearken, ye children, to a father’s instruction,and attend to know understanding:2 for I give you good doctrine;forsake not my law.3 For I was also a son to my father;a tender and only (son) for my mother;4 and he taught me... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Proverbs 4:10-11

Proverbs THE TWO PATHS Pro_4:10 - Pro_4:19 . This passage includes much more than temperance or any other single virtue. It is a perfectly general exhortation to that practical wisdom which walks in the path of righteousness. The principles laid down here are true in regard to drunkenness and abstinence, but they are intended to receive a wider application, and to that wider application we must first look. The theme is the old, familiar one of the two paths, and the aim is to recommend the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Proverbs 4:10-27

Guide-Posts on the Way of Life Proverbs 4:10-27 One or two sentences stand out in this section, demanding special attention. The path of the just, etc ., Proverbs 4:18 . We may compare this beautiful similitude with 2 Samuel 23:4 . In the East, where the heavens are for the most part free of cloud, the steadily increasing light of any day to perfect noontide glory is the ordinary experience. Let us so live that the path of our life may become ever more radiant and beneficent in its heat and... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 4:1-27

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 experience. In verses Pro 4:3-9 he repeats what his father had said to him, and he declares (verses Pro 4:1-2 ) that it was good. This personal experience lends urgency to his exhortations to his son. Then, conscious of the temptations which ever beset the path of the young, the father urges... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Proverbs 4:1-27

Sacred Exhortations Proverbs 4:1-27 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 fathers and mothers. The home must ever remain the greatest bulwark of the State. The church has realized the need of saving the youth of the land, in its great effort through its Sunday Schools. 1. Let us first, however, briefly observe the obligations of the father. The Scripture at the head of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 4:1-27

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 4:10-19

God’s Wisdom Teaches Men The Way In Which They Should Go, A Way In Which They Will Not Stumble And Which Leads To Life, They Are Thus To Avoid The Way Of The Wicked In Which Men Stumble And Where Death Is Prevalent (Proverbs 4:10-19 ). He has stressed in subsection 2 that his father had taught him the great value of wisdom, (which was connected to his words and commandments), as something that should be loved and cherished like a beloved wife, and which would crown him with spiritual beauty.... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 4:5-13

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 3:2), Miller translates the promise: “And they shall grow greater to thee through years of life.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Proverbs 4:5-13THE ONE THING NEEDFULI. Human nature has many needs. 1. There are the needs of the body, which begin upon our entrance into life, and never cease until the... read more

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 4:1-13

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Proverbs 4:1-13

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Proverbs 4:1-27

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Proverbs 4:10-11

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Proverbs 4:10-27

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 4:1-27

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Proverbs 4:1-27

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 4:1-27

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 4:10-19

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 4:5-13

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