Proverbs 2:10-11

BENEFITS OF WISDOM IN PRESERVING FROM EVIL ASSOCIATIONS, Proverbs 2:10-22.

10, 11. When wisdom entereth Here the instructor starts out again, in a different train of thought, to show the effects of a sanctified education in preserving his pupil from the malign influence, first, of bad men, Proverbs 2:12-15, and, secondly, of bad women, Proverbs 2:16-20. Hence he repeats in Proverbs 2:10-11 what he had before advanced, but with a pleasing variety of expression, about the beneficent effects of wisdom, when once attained, in preserving from evil in general. Here, in Proverbs 2:11, he personifies discretion ( intelligence) and understanding, ( discernment,) and represents them as faithful guardians, watching over and keeping in safety the interests of their votaries. But for the sake of greater force and vividness he soon descends to particulars. In Proverbs 2:10, for the expressions heart, soul, compare Proverbs 24:12; Psalms 13:2; Jeremiah 4:9; Deuteronomy 6:5; Matthew 22:37; Acts 4:32. The first word of Proverbs 2:10, when, Miller renders because.