Pro 2:9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [yea], every good path. Ver. 9. Then shalt thou understand righteousness. ] Not as cognoscitiva, standing in speculation; but as directiva vitae, a rule of life. Knowledge is either apprehensive only, or affective also. This differs from that, as much as the light of the sun, wherein is the influence of an enlivening power, from the light of torches. read more
Pro 2:10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Ver. 10. Is pleasant to thy soul. ] Spiritual joy mortifies sin. His mouth hankers not after homely provision that hath lately tasted of delicate sustenance. Pleasure there must be in the ways of God, because therein men let out their souls into God, that is the fountain of all good; hence they so infinitely distaste sin’s tasteless fooleries. Crede mihi, res severa est verum gaudium, saith Seneca. True... read more
Proverbs 1:2-Joshua :, Psalms 25:8, Psalms 25:9, Psalms 32:8, Psalms 119:99, Psalms 119:105, Psalms 143:8-2 Samuel :, Isaiah 35:8, Isaiah 48:17, Jeremiah 6:16, Matthew 7:13, Matthew 7:14, John 14:6 Reciprocal: Psalms 14:2 - any Proverbs 14:8 - wisdom Isaiah 11:3 - shall make him read more
Proverbs 18:1, Proverbs 18:2, Proverbs 24:13, Proverbs 24:14, Job 23:12, Psalms 19:10, Psalms 104:34, Psalms 119:97, Psalms 119:103, Psalms 119:111, Psalms 119:162, Jeremiah 15:16, Colossians 3:16 Reciprocal: Genesis 39:8 - refused Leviticus 11:3 - cheweth Deuteronomy 6:6 - shall be Nehemiah 8:12 - because Psalms 17:4 - word Proverbs 3:17 - ways of Proverbs 4:6 - love Proverbs 11:9 - through Proverbs 12:1 - loveth Proverbs 14:27 - to Proverbs 22:18 - it is Ezekiel 3:3 - it was John 17:6 - they read more
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.Then — When God in answer to thy desires hath given thee wisdom.Equity — All the parts of thy duty to man, as well as the fear of God. read more
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;When — Thou dost truly love wisdom. read more
9. Then Referring back to Proverbs 2:1-4, from which the instructor started out with the same particle as at Proverbs 2:5. This verse is a summing up of vs. 5-8, and connects with Proverbs 1:3, where he states the object of his work to be, to impart clear, discriminating instructions in righteousness, judgment, and equities. (See note on Proverbs 1:3.) Every good path The practice of every virtue and grace. “The whole good track.” Miller. The teacher has thus made a circle, so to... read more
BENEFITS OF WISDOM IN PRESERVING FROM EVIL ASSOCIATIONS, Proverbs 2:10-22. 10, 11. When wisdom entereth Here the instructor starts out again, in a different train of thought, to show the effects of a sanctified education in preserving his pupil from the malign influence, first, of bad men, Proverbs 2:12-15, and, secondly, of bad women, Proverbs 2:16-20. Hence he repeats in Proverbs 2:10-11 what he had before advanced, but with a pleasing variety of expression, about the beneficent... read more
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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 2:1-22
Proverbs 2:1-2 . Hide my commandments with thee, as a treasure is secured in the cabinet, or as the copy of the law was put within the ark in the holy place. The words of the law must be retained in the memory, as maxims of wisdom, and the sentiments concealed in the heart. Then they are ready on all occasions, as defences against temptation. This is to incline, to cleanse, and open the ear. Proverbs 2:4 . If thou seekest her, as the merchants in search of gold and silver cross the... read more