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
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