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Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Proverbs 4:1-27

CHAPTER 4 1. Solomon’s training (Proverbs 4:1-9 ) 2. Hear, O my son: Receive my sayings (Proverbs 4:10-19 ) 3. My son, attend to my words. (Proverbs 4:20-27 ) Proverbs 4:1-9 . This passage shows the early training which Solomon received and he passeth on the instructions. It is said that these verses formed a model for many Puritan homes in England and the Scotland of the covenant. He was the beloved one, his father’s true son. Note the different exhortation, about wisdom: Forget it not;... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Proverbs 4:1-27

These chapters begin with reminiscence. A father is reciting to a son the precepts taught him by his father in his youth, and which cover chapter four. Chapter five is a warning against the evil woman. Chapter six deals with suretyship, indolence, malice and violence, while chapter seven returns to the theme of chapter five. In the first-named chapter occurs the beautiful illustration of Hebrew rhythm to which attention was called in Lesson 1; and following it we find in Proverbs 4:18 and... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Proverbs 4:1-27

A Parental Exhortation Proverbs 4:0 Still the paternal exhortation proceeds with more and more rhetorical dignity. Doctrine and law form the staple of this appeal. By "law" understand "direction," for life is an ever-bisecting course, and full of points that must bewilder inexperienced travellers. Do not venture upon great sea voyages without proper instruments and without being taught how to use them. So in life. Be enriched with doctrine or wisdom, and cultivate that tender filial spirit... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Proverbs 4:3-9

For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Proverbs 4:10-17

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 right paths. When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when 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 go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. For they sleep not, except they have... read more

Matthew Henry

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 4:1-9

the Counsels of Experience. Proverbs 3:27-35 ; Proverbs 4:1-9 Here are many duties! Be generous! Of course we must discriminate- to whom it is due; and we must be prudent- when it is in the power of thine hand , Proverbs 3:27 . Moreover, be prompt , Proverbs 3:28 . Don’t stir up strife or take a mean advantage , Proverbs 3:29-30 . In the presence of the prosperity of the violent and evil man, repress envy and recall Psalms 37:1-40 . The word translated secret in Proverbs 3:32 should... read more