John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 4:2
Pro 4:2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. Ver. 2. For I give you good doctrine. ] The common cry is, "Who will show us any good?" and every man will lend both ears to a good bargain. The doctrine here delivered is good every way, whether you look to the author, matter, or effect of it, and is therefore worthy of all men to be received, as the Hebrew word a here used for doctrine importeth. The Vulgate renders it, Donum bonurn tribuam vobis: I will give you a good gift,... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 4:1
Pro 4:1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. Ver. 1. Hear, ye children. ] Audite senem, iuvenes, quem iuvenem senes audierunt: Hear me, now an old man, O ye youths, whom old men once gladly heard, when I was but a youth. With this speech Augustus pacified his mutinous army: - “ Aspice, vultus Ecce meos, utinamque oculos in pectore posses Inserere, et patrias intus deprendere curas.” a “Behold my looks; and oh that thou couldst see Mine anxious... read more