Proverbs 4:24-27 ESV

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 4:1-27

Proverbs 4:1 . Hear, ye children, a Hebraism, equivalent to wash, cleanse, and purify your ears. A grateful son here recites the domestic piety of an illustrious father. David talked much with his children on religious subjects. But Solomon, wiser than all his brothers, was his beloved son, and shared more of his father’s favours. David made religion the first object of paternal tuition; for it was in his eyes far before the throne, and all worldly good. Our Lord also has taught us that it... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 4:24-27

Proverbs 4:24-27Put away from thee a froward mouth. Laws of lifeA law for the tongue, a law for the eye, a law for the mind, a law for the life.I. A demand for pure language. Speech is one of the grand peculiarities that distinguish man. It is the organ by which one man can influence the ages. Yet it has become the vehicle of error, the channel of pollution, the utterance of blasphemy, etc. A pure heart is essential to pure speech.II. A demand for a straightforward purpose. Have no... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 4:25

Proverbs 4:25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. Eyes rightThese words occur in a passage wherein the wise man exhorts us to take care of all parts of our nature, which he indicates by members of the body. Every part of our nature needs to be carefully watched, lest in any way it should become the cause of sin. Any one member or faculty is readily able to defile all the rest, and therefore every part must be guarded with care. Having eyes, use them;... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 4:26

Proverbs 4:26Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.Pondering the path Mystery surrounds me. I find myself a resident of the illimitable realm of the unknown. The commonest objects touching me on every side start unanswerable questions. But amidst these enveloping mysteries, like a rock in the central ocean, emerges this certainty--“I am.” That means, I know I am. I am dowered with self-consciousness. There is a chasm wide and awful between myself and everything which... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 4:27

Proverbs 4:27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left. Religious and moral conductWhatever the belief of men be, they generally pride themselves on the possession of some good moral qualities. The sense of duty is deeply rooted in the human heart. But as there is a constant strife between the lower and higher parts of our nature, between inclination and principle, this produces much contradiction and inconsistency in conduct. Hence arise most of the extremes into which men run in their moral... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 4:24

Pro 4:24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. Ver. 24. Put away from thee a froward mouth. ] To the keeping of the heart, a careful watching over the mouth, eyes, feet, &c., doth much conduce. For these outward parts abused, as they receive defilement from the heart, so they reflect defilement also upon it. They stain the soul, and dispose it to further evil. Christ had a pure heart; therefore his eyes were not bewitched, nor his ears enchanted, "neither... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 4:25

Pro 4:25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. Ver. 25. Let thine eyes look right on. ] E regione, vel in rectum. Let them be fixed upon right objects. Get that stoic eye of our Saviour; get a patriarch’s eye; be well skilled in Moses’s optics; Heb 11:27 have oculum in metam, which was Ludovicus Vives’s motto. Do as mariners that have their eye on the star, their hand on the stern. A man may not look intently upon that which he may not love. The... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 4:26

Pro 4:26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. Ver. 26. Ponder the path of thy feet. ] Viz., By the weights of the word. Look to thine affections, for by these maids Satan woes the mistress. Take heed where you set gunpowder, since fire is in your hearts. Augustine thanks God that his heart and the temptation did not meet together. Walk accurately, tread right, ακριβως ορθοποδειν ; Gal 2:14 step warily; lift not up one foot till you find firm footing for another, as... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 4:27

Pro 4:27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. Ver. 27. Turn not to the right. ] Keep the king’s highway; keep within God’s precincts, and ye keep under his protection. The heathen orator a could say, A recta conscientia ne latum quidem unguem discedendum; A man may not depart a hair’s breadth all his life long from the dictates of a good conscience. Remove thy foot from evil. ] Bestir thee no otherwise than if thou hadst trod upon a snake. "Abhor that... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 4:24

Put: Job 11:14, Ezekiel 18:31, Ephesians 4:25-Obadiah :, Colossians 3:8, James 1:21, James 1:26, 1 Peter 2:1 a: etc. Heb. frowardness of mouth, and perverseness of lips, Proverbs 8:8, Proverbs 8:13, Proverbs 17:20, 1 Timothy 6:5 Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 1:14 - put away Proverbs 6:12 - walketh Proverbs 16:17 - highway read more

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 4:1-27

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 4:24-27

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 4:25

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 4:26

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 4:27

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 4:24

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 4:25

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 4:26

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 4:27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 4:24

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