John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 1:3
Pro 1:3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; Ver. 3. To receive the instruction. ] Tertullian calls the Bible (and the Proverbs by a specialty) nostra digesta, from the lawyers; and others our pandects, a from them also. Is there not a thin veil laid over them, which is more ratified by reading, and at last wholly worn away? Surely as by much reading the statute book men grow worldly wise; and as a friend (it is Chrysostom’s comparison) that is acquainted... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 1:3
Proverbs 1:3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment and equity.Judgment and equity“Judgment” is used for discerning right from wrong; for the law, manner, or rule of it; for punishment or execution of judgment. “Equity” in Hebrew means, straight ways, that go on foreright, and even, like plains; when men go not uphill and downhill in their actions, but proceed in an even course. It signifies also a thing right in God’s or man’s eyes, which they approve as just and equal.... read more