Proverbs 3:9-12 NIV

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 3:9

Honour the Lord with thy substance ,.... Or, "out of thy substance" F14 מהונך "e substantia tua", Montanus; "de substantia tua", Baynus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "de divitiis tuis", Mercerus, Gejerus; "de opibus tuis", Tigurine version, Cocceius, Michaelis, Schultens. ; for as it should be a man's own that he gives, and not another's, and therefore called "thy substance"; or, as the Septuagint version, "out of thy just labours", what is righteously and lawfully gotten, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 3:10

So shall thy barns be filled with plenty ,.... With plenty of corn; so that there will be a sufficient provision of bread for the eater for the ensuing year, and of seed for the sower when the time of sowing returns; so far should they be, it suggests, from being losers by honouring the Lord with their substance, that they should be gainers by it; instead of having less, should have abundantly more; and thy presses shall burst out with new wine ; not that they should really burst F17 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 3:11

My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord ,.... This seems to be introduced to prevent an objection that may be made to the above promise of plenty; seeing the children of God are often afflicted in this world; even the wise and pious, and those that fear the Lord, and honour him; which is accounted for, and the reason of it given, in Proverbs 3:12 . These words are cited in Hebrews 12:5 , and are represented as an exhortation, spoken unto children, the children of God; by which it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 3:12

For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth ,.... This is a reason why the children of God should not despise corrections, nor be weary of them; since they spring from love, are given in love, nor is there any abatement of it in them: when the Lord chastens and corrects, he does not take away his lovingkindness from them; yea, it is because he loves them that therefore he thus deals with them; wherefore they ought to be patiently bore, and kindly taken by them; even as a father the son in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 3:9

Honor the Lord with thy substance - The מנחה Minchah or gratitude-offering to God, commanded under the law, is of endless obligation. It would be well to give a portion of the produce of every article by which we get our support to God, or to the poor, the representatives of Christ. This might be done either in kind, or by the worth in money. Whatever God sends us in the way of secular prosperity, there is a portion of it always for the poor, and for God's cause. When that portion is... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 3:11

Despise not the chastening of the Lord - The word מוסר musar signifies correction, discipline, and instruction. Teaching is essentially necessary to show the man the way in which he is to go; discipline is necessary to render that teaching effectual; and, often, correction is requisite in order to bring the mind into submission, without which it cannot acquire knowledge. Do not therefore reject this procedure of God; humble thyself under his mighty hand, and open thy eyes to thy own... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 3:12

Whom the Lord loveth - To encourage thee to bear correction, know that it is a proof of God's love to thee; and thereby he shows that he treats thee as a father does his son, even that one to whom he bears the fondest affection. The last clause the Septuagint translate μαστιγοι δε παντα υἱον ὁν παραδεχεται , "and chasteneth every son whom he receiveth;" and the apostle, Hebrews 12:6 , quotes this literatim. Both clauses certainly amount to the same sense. Every son whom he receiveth,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:1-10

Precepts and promises of wisdom I. THE CONNECTION OF PRECEPT AND PROMISE . 1 . Precept needs confirmation. We cannot but ask— Why should we pursue this or that line of conduct in preference to another? Why should men be God-fearing, honest, chaste? We are rational creatures, not "dumb driven cattle," to be forced along a given road. We must have reasons; and it is to reason in us that the Divine reason ever makes appeal. 2 . The confirmation is found in experience.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:1-18

4. Fourth admonitory discourse. The third chapter introduces us to a group of admonitions, and the first of these ( Proverbs 3:1-18 ) forms the fourth admonitory discourse of the teacher. To all intents and purposes this is a continuation of the discourse in the preceding chapter, for inasmuch as that described the benefits, spiritual and moral, which follow from the pursuit of Wisdom, in promoting godliness and providing safety from evil companions, so this in like manner depicts the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 3:7-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 3:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 3:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 3:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 3:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 3:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 3:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 3:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 3:1-18

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