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Scofield's Reference Notes - Proverbs 3:7

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Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 3:1-35

Chapter 3Chapter 3 continues toMy son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments: For length of days, long life, peace, shall they add to thee ( Proverbs 3:1-2 ).Now these are the three. And we get now into some couplets here. He gives sort of a word, and then he tells you what the result of it will be. And to keep the commandment in your heart, it will grant to you the length of days, long life, peace will they add to thee. Now the next little statement:Let not mercy and truth... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 3:1-35

Proverbs 3:2 . Length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. The premature death denounced against the profligate, and the victims of the harlot, shall be far from thy dwelling. The truth of this promise, of frequent occurrence in the sacred writings, is demonstrated by the longevity of many scripture characters; and eternal life, by way of apposition, is understood. Proverbs 3:3 . Bind them about thy neck. As vain persons decorate their bodies with gems and... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:1-35

Proverbs 3:1-35My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments.Useful precepts and inspiring motivesI. To remember and keep in our hearts the things written in this book (Proverbs 3:1-2). Interest dictates to us the propriety of keeping God’s commandments.II. To live in the exercise of mercy and truth (Proverbs 3:3), in every part of our intercourse with our fellow-creatures, however defective they may be in the practice of these virtues to us. As workers under the Spirit we... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:2

Proverbs 3:2Long life and peace shall they add to thee.The philosophy of health and peaceI. Obedience to moral law is a condition of physical health. Heart-obedience is required. The connection is clear from three facts.1. That physical health requires obedience to the Divine laws of our being.2. That obedience to the Divine laws of our being involves the study of them.3. That a hearty agreement with the Divine will is essential to secure the study of His laws.II. Obedience to moral law is a... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:3

Proverbs 3:3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee.Mercy and truthAs the wings of the cherubim touched one another in the midst of the house, so Mercy and Truth are such a pair as will either lodge together or leave together. There was such a similitude of nature between the Twins of Love, eros and anteros, that at once they wept, and at once they smiled, they fell sick together, and they recovered jointly. Such are the Twins of Grace, Truth, and Mercy; she that would have them out in twain and... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:4

Proverbs 3:4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.The commencement of the religious lifeThere was a moment in our existence when we committed our first sin; and there was a moment when we first lifted up our hearts in prayer and thanksgiving to our Father in heaven. None of us probably recollect either of these moments.I. What do we mean by a religious life? How are we to live to maintain our own self-respect, to be morally pure, to be acceptable to God,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:5

Proverbs 3:5Trust in the Lord . . . lean not to thine own understanding.Reason and faithThe question is, not whether we shall use reason, but what are its limits? Shall we accept only what we can understand and explain, and refuse all which does not quadrate with our reason? Is Faith, with her delicate ear, her quick sensibility, and wondrous prescience, to have no place? In the power of modern reason can we know every inch of our way?1. How is it in the business world? The activities of men... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:6

Proverbs 3:6In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.Trust and guidanceWe have here the sound counsel of a wide experience.I. As containing the most important precepts for life. God claims from you here--1. The supreme affection of your heart.2. The complete homage of your intellect.3. The unswerving loyalty of your lives. Religion is not to be put on and off, it must pervade the life.II. As suggesting the greatest dangers in life.1. The fallibility of human counsellors.2.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:7

Proverbs 3:7Be not wise in thine own eyes. Self-conceit(see Isaiah 5:21):--I. It involves self-ignorance. No one who knows himself could be conceited. Let the wisest man think of two things--1. His knowledge in comparison with what is to be known.2. His knowledge in comparison with what he ought to have known.II. It obstructs mental improvement. This is clear from two things--1. That mental improvement requires an earnest seeking for knowledge.2. Earnest seeking for knowledge requires a deep... read more

Scofield's Reference Notes - Proverbs 3:7

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 3:1-35

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 3:1-35

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:1-35

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:3

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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 3:6

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