Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 4:1-27
Wisdom the inner guide (4:1-27)The writer further instructs his ‘sons’ by passing on teaching that his own ‘father’ once gave him. The main point of that teaching was that, more than anything else, he was to get wisdom and insight (4:1-5). The first step in getting wisdom is the desire for it. Once obtained, wisdom will bring into the life of the possessor a new measure of security, honour and beauty (6-9).By living according to God’s wisdom, people will have true freedom, and at the same time... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 4:22
They are life; i.e. they bring life ( khayyim ; the plural, as usual). Unto those that find them; i.e. to those who by effort get possession of and procure them; the verb matsa, to find, embodying the idea of activity. Health ; mar'pe, derived from the root rapha, "to heal" (like riph'uth of Proverbs 3:8 , which see), and hence rather "the means of health" than "health," "healing," or, as margin, "medicine," "that which restores to health;" LXX ; ἴασις ;... read more