Proverbs 2:5-11

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 2:10

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;When — Thou dost truly love wisdom. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:5

5. Then When thou so seekest and searchest. Shalt thou understand Discern, comprehend, and attain to. Fear of the Lord That true piety, of which the author speaks, and which is the highest of all knowledge. Knowledge of God Divine knowledge, sanctified learning. This is the first instance where the word God occurs in parallelism with Jehovah. It occurs only eight times in the book, namely: in Proverbs 2:5; Proverbs 2:17; Proverbs 3:4; Proverbs 21:12; Proverbs 25:2; Proverbs 26:10;... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:6

6. The teacher proceeds to give obvious reasons for the assertion just made, (Proverbs 2:5,) and motives of great encouragement to his pupil to pursue the outline of action to which he urges. For the Lord Jehovah. Giveth wisdom, etc. Solomon may be presumed to here speak from his own experience. He asked wisdom, and God gave it liberally. (See 1 Kings 3:5-15.) There can be no greater encouragement than is here afforded to a soul athirst for knowledge. Let him ask in faith, and use the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:7

7. Sound wisdom תושׁיה , ( tushiyyah.) The word is uncertain; it corresponds to sound doctrine. 1 Timothy 1:10; 2 Timothy 4:3. It may mean the essence, substance, or reality of things, as opposed to all merely seeming good. This sense harmonizes well with the other member of the hemistich; God treasures up all real good for the righteous, and protects them from all harm. A buckler to… walk uprightly Literally, he is a shield, a defence, to the walkers of perfectness perfect walkers; ... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:8

8. He keepeth the paths of judgment He watches over the paths of justice; that is, to guard those who walk in them. This verse is an enlargement of the idea of the preceding one, especially of the defensive conception of the latter clause of Proverbs 2:7. The way of his saints His pious, devout, or zealous ones. That is, he superintends them in all their walks and ways. The word חסידים , ( hhasadhim,) saints, occurs also in Psalms 85:8; Psalms 148:14; Psalms 149:9. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:9

9. Then Referring back to Proverbs 2:1-4, from which the instructor started out with the same particle as at Proverbs 2:5. This verse is a summing up of vs. 5-8, and connects with Proverbs 1:3, where he states the object of his work to be, to impart clear, discriminating instructions in righteousness, judgment, and equities. (See note on Proverbs 1:3.) Every good path The practice of every virtue and grace. “The whole good track.” Miller. The teacher has thus made a circle, so to... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 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... read more

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 2:10

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:5

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:6

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:7

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:8

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:9

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 2:10-11

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