John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 3:8
It shall be health to thy navel ,.... That part of the body which is the knot of the intestines; and may be put for the bowels and inward parts, which being sound, the body is in health; and these may be put for the whole body: and so the Septuagint version renders it, "to thy body"; and this may be put for the whole person. And the sense is, either wisdom, as Jarchi; the doctrine of wisdom, the Gospel; which teaches men to trust in the Lord, and not in themselves, to apply to him for... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:7-12
We have here before us three exhortations, each of them enforced with a good reason:? I. We must live in a humble and dutiful subjection to God and his government (Prov. 3:7): ?Fear the Lord, as your sovereign Lord and Master; be ruled in every thing by your religion and subject to the divine will.? This must be, 1. A humble subjection: Be not wise in thy own eyes. Note, There is not a greater enemy to the power of religion, and the fear of God in the heart, than conceitedness of our own... read more