Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 4:8
8. As you highly esteem her, she will raise you to honor. embrace her—with fond affection. read more
Proverbs-4:8-10-kjv
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 4:9
9. ornament—such as the chaplet or wreath of conquerors. deliver—(Compare :-). The allusion to a shield, contained in the Hebrew, suggests protection as well as honor (compare :-). read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 4:10
10. (Compare Proverbs 2:1; Proverbs 3:2). read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 4:1-9
6. Teaching the love of Wisdom 4:1-9"This chapter is comprised of three discourses on the value of wisdom, each including the motifs of instruction, exhortation, command, and motivation." [Note: Ross, p. 922.] The first section of verses in this chapter shows how parents can pass along the love of wisdom: mainly by personal influence. Solomon’s instruction here was very positive. Rather than saying, "Don’t do this and that!" which he did elsewhere (cf. Proverbs 3:27-31), he wanted his sons to... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 4:10-19
7. The two paths 4:10-19In Proverbs 4:10-19, two paths again lie before the youth: the way of wisdom (Proverbs 4:10-13) and the way of folly (the way of the wicked; Proverbs 4:14-17). [Note: See Norman C. Habel, "The Symbolism of Wisdom in Proverbs 1-9," Interpretation 26:2 (April 1972):131-57, for a study of "the way" as a nuclear symbol in this section of Proverbs; and Daniel P. Bricker, "The Doctrine of the ’Two Ways’ in Proverbs," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 38:4... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 4:1-27
Ancestral Wisdom. The Two PathsIn Proverbs 4:1-9 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 down from one generation to another. The best pupil was the one who was ’a cemented cistern which loses not a drop.’ Proverbs 4:10-19 might be called the doctrine of the two paths, the two ways of life. 20-27 enjoin strict attention to instruction and to conduct.7. Lit. ’The beginning of wisdom is,... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 4:8
(8) Exalt her, and she shall promote thee.—Comp. 1 Samuel 2:30, “Them that honour me I will honour.” read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Proverbs 4:1-27
Proverbs 4:5-7 I mean to follow Solomon's directions, 'get learning, get understanding'. I find earlier days are gone by I find that I can have no enjoyment in the world but continual drinking of knowledge. Keats to John Taylor (1818). References. IV. 7. J. T. Bramston, Sermons to Boys, p. 152. A. E. Dunning, Christian World Pulpit, vol. xlviii. 1895, p. 12. U. Thomas, Ibid. vol. liii. 1898, p. 163. IV. 10, 11. W. Arnot, Laws from Heaven for Life on Earth, p. 117. 10-19. A. Maclaren, ... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 4:1-27
CHAPTER 10TWO VOICES IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE CITYProverbs 9:1-18, Proverbs 20:14 with Proberbs 3, and Proverbs 20:16 with Proverbs 4:1-27AFTER the lengthened contrast between the vicious woman and Wisdom in chapters 7 and 8, the introduction of the book closes with a little picture which is intended to repeat and sum up all that has gone before. It is a peroration, simple, graphic, and beautiful.There is a kind of competition between Wisdom and Folly, between Righteousness and Sin, between... read more
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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 4:10
THE SEVENTH DISCOURSE"Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings;And the years of thy life shall be many. I have taught thee in the way of wisdom;I have led thee in the paths of uprightness.When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened;And if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go:Keep her; for she is thy life.Enter not into the path of the wicked,And walk not in the way of evil men.Avoid it, pass not by it;Turn from it, and pass on.For they sleep... read more