“ For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: ”
This is no arbitrary sentence. The fault was all along their own. The fruit of their own ways is death.
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...
For that . Forasmuch as.
DISCOURSE: 753 THE NEED OF ATTENDING TO GOD’S GRACIOUS INVITATIONS Proverbs 1:20-31 . Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: she crieth in the chief place of concourse, in...
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: They hated knowledge - This argues the deepest degree of intellectual and moral depravity.
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord. Those who do not choose the fear of the Lord ar...
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...
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 Call of Wisdom Proverbs 1:20-33 The word Wisdom and the description of her standing atthe head of the noisy streets- see Proverbs 1:21 , r.v., margin-remind us of our Lord, who, as the...
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;...
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, How long, ye simple...
For that they hated knowledge ,.... Spiritual and evangelical; the knowledge of the Scriptures, of the promises and prophecies of them respecting the Messiah, though they were called upon and exhort...
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: Ver. 29. For that they hated knowledge. ] These are the worst sort of sinners, Pro 1:22 that not only slight knowledge, but...
For that they hated knowledge Hated the light of divine truth, because it discovered to them the evil of their ways, John 3:20 ; or, hated the practical knowledge of God, and of their duty to him,...
Wisdom's Exhortations; Doom of Obdurate Sinners. 20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: 21...
Hated knowledge, to wit, the practical knowledge of God, and of their duty to him, as it is explained in the following clause. Did not choose; not heartily approve of it and love it, but only mad...
Discourse 1. Addressed To ‘My Son'. Those Who Seek To Walk In The Fear Of YHWH Will Listen To The Instruction Of Godly Authority, And Will Avoid The Enticements Of Sinners Motivated By Greed. Wisdom...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 1:20 . The word wisdom is in the plural form in the Hebrew. Proverbs 1:27 . Desolation , or “tempest.” Proverbs 1:28 . To seek early denotes “earnestly.” See...
fear Also; ( Proverbs 1:7 ). ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 19:9 ).
Proverbs 1:24-31 I. The person represented as speaking these very solemn and terrible words is that same wisdom which is represented in the verses before the text as making most gracious offers to...
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,...
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 Invitation of Wisdom
Acts 7:51-54 ; Hebrews 11:25 ; Isaiah 27:11 ; Isaiah 30:9-12 ; Job 21:14 ; Job 21:15 ; John 3:20 ; Luke 10:42 ; Proverbs 1:22 ; Proverbs 5:12 ; Proverbs 6:23 ; Psalms 50:16 ; Psalms 50:1...
Wisdom's Call Proverbs 1:20-33 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Where the voice of Wisdom is heard. Wisdom doth not speak alone among the wise. She doth not sound forth her voice alone in cloistered circ...
Knowledge — The practical knowledge of God and of their duty.