“ To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; ”
The writer’s purpose is to educate. He is writing what might be called an ethical handbook for the young, though not for the young only. Of all books in the Old Testament, this is the one which we...
To know wisdom (a) and instruction; to perceive the words (b) of understanding; (a) That is, what we ought to know and follow, and what we ought to refuse. (b) Meaning, the word of God in which is...
Proverbs 1-9. First Section. The Praise of Wisdom. Proverbs 1:1 . Title, either of the whole book, or of this particular collection. The word for proverb, mâ shâ l, has a wide significance...
To know . For discerning. So in verses: Proverbs 1:3 ; Proverbs 1:4 ; Proverbs 1:6 . wisdom. Hebrew. chokmah. There are six words rendered "wisdom" in this book. (1) chokmah, rendered "wi...
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; To know wisdom - That is, this is the design of parabolical writing in general; and the particular aim of the present work. Th...
To know wisdom—to perceive— To give the knowledge of wisdom—the perception of, &c. and so on. The first six verses contain the author's design; wherein he uses several synonymous words to exp...
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; To know wisdom - depending on Proverbs 1:1 . The proverbs of Solomon are designed that all may by them know wisdom....
The chapter falls into three principal divisions. 1-6 . Title and Introduction explaining the object of the whole book, which is to instruct the inexperienced and add to the educated man's knowledg...
To know. — That is, they are written that one may know. The writer in this and the following verses heaps up synonyms with which to bring out the wide purpose of the instruction he offers. Wisdom...
CHAPTER 2 THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge."- Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: And the knowledge of the Holy One is und...
“The Beginning of Knowledge” Proverbs 1:1-19 Notice the perfect balance of each clause, and the duplication of the one thought in the two clauses of each verse. Wisdom as used in this book...
The Book of Proverbs is one of the wisdom books of the Hebrew people. Emotionally and fundamentally, wisdom is the fear of God; intellectually, a knowledge of the manifestations of the divine wisdom;...
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowl...
To know wisdom and instruction ,.... That is, these proverbs were made, and written, and published, to make known or to teach men wisdom and knowledge; not only in things moral, and therefore these...
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; Ver. 2. To know wisdom. ] That is, To give others to know; to wise them, as in Daniel 12:3 ; to give the knowledge of salva...
To know wisdom Written to help men to know, thoroughly and practically, both human wisdom, to conduct their affairs properly in this life, and especially divine wisdom, showing them their duty to G...
The Design of the Proverbs. 1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; 2 To know wisdom and instruct...
To know; written to help men to know thoroughly and practically. Wisdom; both human wisdom, to conduct our affairs in this life, which divers of the following proverbs do; and especially Divine w...
Introduction To The Prologue ( Proverbs 1:1-7 ). The book commences with an introduction which explains its purpose in some depth. Its aim is to pass on ‘the sayings of Solomon, the son of David,...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 1:1 . Proverbs . See Introduction. Proverbs 1:2 . Instruction , properly “chastisement,” signifying moral training, admonition, then good habits, the practical side o...
Proverbs 1:1-4 It might seem at first as if no precepts of this kind, drawn from the experience of a social state most unlike our own, could be of much service to us. But much that is true of man...
Proverbs 1:1 . Proverbs, apothegms, parables, sentences, similitudes. The proverbs of a nation are the compressions of wisdom into short maxims, which like the coins of a country worn bare by use,...
The proverbs of Solomon. The Book of Proverbs 1. The book does not consist of proverbs entirely. Much of it is the language of pious exhortation and spiritual precept. 2. The book contains m...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 1:1-20 Part I. THE TITLE AND SUPERSCRIPTION . The superscription of the Proverbs, which extends from verse 1 to verse 6, furnishes us with an epitome in short...
The Title and the Introduction
1 Kings 3:9-12 ; 2 Timothy 3:15-17 ; Deuteronomy 4:5 ; Deuteronomy 4:6 ; Proverbs 16:16 ; Proverbs 17:16 ; Proverbs 4:5-7 ; Proverbs 7:4 ; Proverbs 8:5
The Proverbs of Solomon Proverbs 1:1-19 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Solomon's great choice. It was in Gibeon that the Lord appeared unto Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, "Ask what I shall...
To know — Written to help men to know throughly and practically. Both human wisdom to conduct our affairs in this life, and Divine wisdom. Instruction — The instructions delivered either by God, or...