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F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Proverbs 4:10-27

Guide-Posts on the Way of Life Proverbs 4:10-27 One or two sentences stand out in this section, demanding special attention. The path of the just, etc ., Proverbs 4:18 . We may compare this beautiful similitude with 2 Samuel 23:4 . In the East, where the heavens are for the most part free of cloud, the steadily increasing light of any day to perfect noontide glory is the ordinary experience. Let us so live that the path of our life may become ever more radiant and beneficent in its heat and... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 4:1-27

In this chapter there are three addresses. The first is of the nature of personal testimony (verses Pro 4:1-9 ). The next two are exhortations to fidelity (verses Pro 4:10-27 ). The father urges his own experience. In verses Pro 4:3-9 he repeats what his father had said to him, and he declares (verses Pro 4:1-2 ) that it was good. This personal experience lends urgency to his exhortations to his son. Then, conscious of the temptations which ever beset the path of the young, the father urges... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Proverbs 4:1-27

Sacred Exhortations Proverbs 4:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is well, now and then, to step aside and consider what God has to say to young men and women; as well as to consider what He says to their fathers and mothers. The home must ever remain the greatest bulwark of the State. The church has realized the need of saving the youth of the land, in its great effort through its Sunday Schools. 1. Let us first, however, briefly observe the obligations of the father. The Scripture at the head of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 4:1-27

Prologue To The Book (Proverbs 1:8 to Proverbs 9:18 ). It was common throughout the 3rd to the 1st millenniums BC for collections of wisdom saying to have a prologue preparing for the ‘sayings’ that would follow. Those sayings would then be introduced by a subheading. Proverbs thus follows the usual precedent in having such a prologue in Proverbs 1:8 to Proverbs 9:18, followed by general sayings in Proverbs 10:1 ff headed by a subheading (Proverbs 10:1). It was also common for such a... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 4:3-9

An Autobiographical Reminiscence Of What His Father Had Taught Him As ‘A Son’ (Proverbs 4:3-9 ). Solomon now stresses that his wisdom has partly come down to him from his father. This greatly added to its value as it was thereby revealed to be traditional, and to have come from the great David. There can be little doubt that among David’s advisers were wisdom teachers, who had no doubt played their part in the education of Solomon. This would partly explain Solomon’s great interest and... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 4:10-19

God’s Wisdom Teaches Men The Way In Which They Should Go, A Way In Which They Will Not Stumble And Which Leads To Life, They Are Thus To Avoid The Way Of The Wicked In Which Men Stumble And Where Death Is Prevalent (Proverbs 4:10-19 ). He has stressed in subsection 2 that his father had taught him the great value of wisdom, (which was connected to his words and commandments), as something that should be loved and cherished like a beloved wife, and which would crown him with spiritual beauty.... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 4:8

Exalt her; let her have thine highest esteem and affection. To honour, both with God and men; which Solomon knew by experience. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 4:9

An ornament of grace, i.e. an acceptable or beautiful ornament, such as they used to put upon their heads. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 4:5-13

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 4:8. Exalt or “esteem.” Proverbs 4:9. Last clause, or “she shall compass thee with a crown of glory.” Proverbs 4:10. As is all other instances (see Notes on Chap. Proverbs 3:2), Miller translates the promise: “And they shall grow greater to thee through years of life.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Proverbs 4:5-13THE ONE THING NEEDFULI. Human nature has many needs. 1. There are the needs of the body, which begin upon our entrance into life, and never cease until the... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 4:1-27

Chapter 4Continuing to his son.Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend that you might know understanding. For I give you good doctrine, don't forsake my law. For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother ( Proverbs 4:1-3 ).So Solomon now is speaking of his father David and of his mother Bathsheba. "Tender and beloved in the sight of his mother."Now he taught me ( Proverbs 4:4 )Now this would be David, his father. He taught me also, and said unto... read more

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Proverbs 4:10-27

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 4:1-27

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Proverbs 4:1-27

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 4:1-27

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 4:3-9

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 4:10-19

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 4:8

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 4:9

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 4:5-13

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 4:1-27

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