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The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 2:5

Proverbs 2:5Find the knowledge of God.The benefits of religionReligion, whether natural or revealed, has always the same beneficial influence on the mind. In youth, in health and prosperity, it awakens feelings of gratitude and sublime love, and purifies at the same time that which it exalts; but it is in misfortune, in sickness, in age, that its effects are more truly and beneficially felt; when submission is cherished in faith and humble trust in the Divine will, when duties become pleasures,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 2:6

Proverbs 2:6For the Lord giveth wisdom. The fountain of wisdomI. That God is the only fountain of all true wisdom. Men say that the Deity is not the only source of it, but that much of it may be attained by a converse with beings most opposite to Him, even with wicked and reprobate spirits. Such were the oracles and gods of the Gentiles, which the wisest men among them, not excepting Socrates himself, consulted, to learn of them how to set about and manage their most weighty affairs. Their... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 2:7

Proverbs 2:7He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous.Good men and their GodI. The character of good men.1. They are spoken of as the “righteous.” The moral code of the universe may be reduced to two words: “Be just.” Be just to yourselves, to others, and to God. Virtue, morality, and religion constitute a righteous man.2. They are spoken of as “walking uprightly.” Goodness in all moral creatures is not stationary, but progressive.3. They are spoken of as “saints.” They are consecrated to... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 2:11

Proverbs 2:11Discretion shall preserve thee. HumilityThis is the first sought and last won of the Christian graces. Such are the difficulties in the acquisition of humility that it is but seldom really found. It is a common want of the present day. See the ordinary courtesy of modern society. See the special snare in intellectual careers. In both of these provinces of life especial discouragement has been given during the recent period to the growth in us of true humility.I. Abjectness is not... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:5

Pro 2:5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. Ver. 5. Then shalt thou understand. ] Then shalt thou be as those noble Romans were, Rom 15:14 "full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others"; in fine, well accomplished Christian, that hath Christian for his name, and Catholic for his surname, Such a Catholic as Augustine describeth when he saith, Boni Catholici sunt qui et fidem integram sequuntur et bonos mores. Those be... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:6

Pro 2:6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding. Ver. 6. Out of his mouth cometh knowledge. ] If it could be said by the divine chronologer, a Ex Adami sapientissimi doctoris ore promanavit tanquam ex fonte quicquid in mundo est utilium doctrinarum, disciplinarum, scientiae et sapientiae - Out of Adam’s mouth, even after the fall, as out of a fountain, flowed all the profitable knowledge, skill, and wisdom in the world: how much better may the same... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:7

Pro 2:7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a buckler to them that walk uprightly. Ver. 7. He layeth up sound wisdom. ] Heb., Substance, reality; that which hath a true being, in opposition to that which is not; so riches are described. Pro 23:5 Heaven only hath a "foundation"; Heb 11:10 earth hath none, but is "hanged upon nothing." Job 16:7 Grace hath solid substance in it and true worth; whereas opinion only sets the price upon all outward things. The prophet Amos... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:8

Pro 2:8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. Ver. 8. He keepeth the paths of judgment. ] Well may they walk uprightly that are so strongly supported. God’s hand is ever under his; they cannot fall beneath it. "He keepeth the feet of his saints." 1Sa 2:9 read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:9

Pro 2:9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [yea], every good path. Ver. 9. Then shalt thou understand righteousness. ] Not as cognoscitiva, standing in speculation; but as directiva vitae, a rule of life. Knowledge is either apprehensive only, or affective also. This differs from that, as much as the light of the sun, wherein is the influence of an enlivening power, from the light of torches. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:10

Pro 2:10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Ver. 10. Is pleasant to thy soul. ] Spiritual joy mortifies sin. His mouth hankers not after homely provision that hath lately tasted of delicate sustenance. Pleasure there must be in the ways of God, because therein men let out their souls into God, that is the fountain of all good; hence they so infinitely distaste sin’s tasteless fooleries. Crede mihi, res severa est verum gaudium, saith Seneca. True... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 2:5

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