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John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 1:5

Pro 1:5 A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: Ver. 5. A wise man will hear. ] Hearing and seeing are by Aristotle called "the learned senses," because by these doors learning, yea, life, entereth into the soul. Isa 55:3 David Chytraeus, when he lay dying, lifted up himself to hear the discourses of his friends that sat by him, and said that he should die with better cheer if he might die learning something. a And will... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 1:5

wise: Proverbs 9:9, Proverbs 12:1, Job 34:10, Job 34:16, Job 34:34, Psalms 119:98- :, 1 Corinthians 10:15 a man: 1 Samuel 25:32, 1 Samuel 25:33, 2 Chronicles 25:16 Reciprocal: Exodus 18:24 - General 1 Kings 10:1 - prove him 1 Kings 10:3 - told her Ezra 10:5 - arose Job 34:2 - General Proverbs 10:8 - wise Proverbs 10:14 - lay Proverbs 12:15 - but Proverbs 15:14 - heart Proverbs 18:15 - General Proverbs 21:11 - when the wise Jeremiah 17:23 - nor Daniel 12:10 - but the wise Hosea 14:9 - wise... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 1:5

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:Will hear — Is willing to learn.Attain to — The art of governing himself or others. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 1:5

5. As to the other class, of more advanced and comparatively educated pupils, being already trained to thought and study, he has confidence that they will, from habit and education, hear, attend to his instructions, and so add to their acquirements; and thus, being already of more mature understanding, ( nabhon, see Proverbs 1:2, discriminating,) they נבון shall attain unto, get, gain, or establish their counsels, or well-concerted designs. The term rendered wise counsels ... read more

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