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William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 4:1-27

CHAPTER 10TWO VOICES IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE CITYProverbs 9:1-18, Proverbs 20:14 with Proberbs 3, and Proverbs 20:16 with Proverbs 4:1-27AFTER the lengthened contrast between the vicious woman and Wisdom in chapters 7 and 8, the introduction of the book closes with a little picture which is intended to repeat and sum up all that has gone before. It is a peroration, simple, graphic, and beautiful.There is a kind of competition between Wisdom and Folly, between Righteousness and Sin, between... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Proverbs 4:1-27

CHAPTER 4 1. Solomon’s training (Proverbs 4:1-9 ) 2. Hear, O my son: Receive my sayings (Proverbs 4:10-19 ) 3. My son, attend to my words. (Proverbs 4:20-27 ) Proverbs 4:1-9 . This passage shows the early training which Solomon received and he passeth on the instructions. It is said that these verses formed a model for many Puritan homes in England and the Scotland of the covenant. He was the beloved one, his father’s true son. Note the different exhortation, about wisdom: Forget it not;... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 4:1

4:1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a {a} father, and attend to know understanding.(a) He speaks this as a preacher and minister which is as a father to the people, Proverbs 2:8. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 4:4

4:4 He {b} taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.(b) Meaning, David his father. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 4:7

4:7 {c} Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.(c) He shows that we must first begin with God’s word, if we will that other things prosper with us, contrary to the judgment of the world, which make it their last study, or else care not for it at all. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Proverbs 4:1-27

These chapters begin with reminiscence. A father is reciting to a son the precepts taught him by his father in his youth, and which cover chapter four. Chapter five is a warning against the evil woman. Chapter six deals with suretyship, indolence, malice and violence, while chapter seven returns to the theme of chapter five. In the first-named chapter occurs the beautiful illustration of Hebrew rhythm to which attention was called in Lesson 1; and following it we find in Proverbs 4:18 and... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Proverbs 4:1-27

A Parental Exhortation Proverbs 4:0 Still the paternal exhortation proceeds with more and more rhetorical dignity. Doctrine and law form the staple of this appeal. By "law" understand "direction," for life is an ever-bisecting course, and full of points that must bewilder inexperienced travellers. Do not venture upon great sea voyages without proper instruments and without being taught how to use them. So in life. Be enriched with doctrine or wisdom, and cultivate that tender filial spirit... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Proverbs 4:1

CONTENTS. This chapter hath much the same tendency as the former. It contains an exhortation to the pursuit of wisdom. And towards the close of the Chapter the sad effects of a contrary study is pointed out in strong characters. Proverbs 4:1-2 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. There is but little variety in what is here said by way of enforcing what is taught, unless it be the consideration... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Proverbs 4:3-9

For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Proverbs 4:1

Father. He shews the greatest respect for his parents, ver. 3. (Calmet) read more

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