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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:1

Pro 3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: Ver. 1. My son, forget not. ] We should be able to say to wisdom, as Coenis did to her Lady Antonia, Frustra, domina, iussisti: haec enim atque caetera omnia quae mihi imperas, ira semper in memoria habeo ut ex ea deleri non possint. a You need not, madam, bid me do your business, for I so remember your commands, as I need never be minded of them. Iussa sequi tam velle mihi, quam posse, necesse est, I am ready, to... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:2

Pro 3:2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. Ver. 2. For length of days. ] A sweet mercy, and generally desired. Psa 34:12 Short life is reckoned as a curse, Psa 89:47 yet in some cases it is a blessing. 1Ki 14:13 Isa 57:1 Wκυμοροι οι θεοφιλεις - God taketh away his from the evil to come, a as, when there is a fire in a house or town, men carry out their jewels; but then God makes them up in his cabinet. "They do enter into peace"; their souls go to... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:3

Pro 3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: Ver. 3. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee, ] That is, True mercy; not that which is natural or moral only, but that which is right, both quoad fontem, and quoad finem. They that do otherwise, as heathens and hypocrites, lay up their treasure in the eyes and ears of men, which is a chest that hath neither lock nor key to keep it. Bind them. ] That is, My commandments. He seems... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:4

Pro 3:4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. Ver. 4. So shalt thou find favour. ] As did Joseph, Moses, David. He was a man after God’s own heart, and whatsoever he did pleased the people. It is God that gives credit; he fashioneth men’s opinions, and inclineth their hearts, as Ezra oft acknowledges with much thankfulness. Ezr 7:27-28 read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:5

Pro 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. Ver. 5. Trust in the Lord. ] To trust in God is to be unbottomed of thyself, and of every creature, and so to lean upon God, that if he fail thee thou sinkest. Confidence is the least, and yet the best we can render to the Lord, for hereby we acknowledge his sovereignty, and set the crown upon his head, as it were. See Judges 9:15 . And lean not to thine own understanding. ] Which, because men do, hence... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:6

Pro 3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Ver. 6. In all thy ways acknowledge him. ] Ask counsel at his mouth, aim at his glory, be evermore in the sense of his presence, and light of his countenance. It is reported of a worthy divine of Scotland, a that he did even eat and drink and sleep eternal life. This is to walk with God; this is to live by faith; this is to see him that is invisible (Moses’s optic); this is to go the upper way, even that "way of life that... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:7

Pro 3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. Ver. 7. Be not wise in thine own eyes. ] Bis desipit qui sibi sapit. He is two fools that is wise in his own eyes. This δοκησισοφια mars all. Socrates’s Hoc scio quod nihil scio, got him the name of the wisest among men. Consilii satis in me mihi a is the proud man’s posy. "He that would be wise, must be a fool, that he may be wise." 1Co 3:18 Intus existens prohibet alienum. A conceit of wisdom bars out wisdom. ... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:8

Pro 3:8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. Ver. 8. It shall be health to thy navel. ] That is, Thou shalt be in good plight both for the outward and inward man: Thy bones full of marrow, thy breasts full of milk, thy spirit also lively and lifted up in the ways of the Lord. And as it is with children in the womb (for to these is the allusion here), that by the navel nourishment is ministered unto them, yea, even to the strengthening of the inward parts: so the godly in... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:9

Pro 3:9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: Ver. 9. Honour the Lord with thy substance. ] Freely expending it in pious and charitable uses. Exo 25:19 Deu 26:2 See Trapp on " Exo 25:19 " See Trapp on " Deu 26:2 " See also my "Commonplace of Alms." read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:10

Pro 3:10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. Ver. 10. So shall thy barns be filled. ] The Jews at this day, though not in their own country, nor have a Levitical priesthood, yet those who will be reputed religious among them do distribute the tenth of their increase unto the poor, being persuaded that God doth bless their increase the more; for their usual proverb is, Decima, ut dives fias. a Pay thy tithes, that thou mayest be rich. See... read more

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:1

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:2

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:3

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:4

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:5

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:6

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:7

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:8

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:9

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:10

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