“ Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: ”
(f) Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: (f) The word of God will guide you, and teach you how to govern yourself.
Third Discourse. The wise man praises Wisdom, describing the blessings of obedience to her. The deeper religious element in wisdom appears, the fundamental conception of Hebrew prophecy, that the k...
DISCOURSE: 855 PIETY A PRESERVATIVE FROM EVIL Proverbs 2:10-11 . When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul, discretion shall preserve thee, understanding sha...
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: Discretion shall preserve thee - מזמה mezimmah. See on Proverbs 1:4 (note). Here the word is taken in a good sense, a good device. The...
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; discretion shall preserve thee,...
The Search for Wisdom 1-4. The condition which must be fulfilled. Spinoza said, 'The effort to understand is the first and sole basis of virtue.'
CHAPTER 3 WISDOM AS THE GUIDE OF CONDUCT "To deliver thee from the way of the evil man…To deliver thee from the strange woman."- Proverbs 2:12-16 WISDOM is concerned, as we have seen, with the...
Wisdom Guards from Evil Proverbs 2:1-22 Several words are reiterated in this chapter, which will unlock its treasures. Understanding, Proverbs 2:2-3 ; Proverbs 2:5 ; Proverbs 2:9 ; Prover...
From here and through chapter 8 we have a series of parental counsels. These all begin with the address, "My son," and deal with the value of wisdom, and make many practical applications. The first...
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Discretion shall preserve the...
Discretion shall preserve thee ,.... Which wisdom or the Gospel gives, or the Lord by the means of it; for the Gospel makes a man wise and discreet in the business of salvation, and in his conduct a...
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: Ver. 11. Discretion. ] Heb., Thoughtfulness, or good advisement. Cogito quasi coagito. a Notat sereitatem, such as is that of t...
When wisdom entereth into thy heart When thou dost truly love it, and hide its precepts in thy heart; Discretion shall preserve thee From wicked courses, and the mischiefs which attend upon them;...
The Benefits Conferred by Wisdom. 10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; ...
From wicked courses, and the mischiefs which attend upon them; as is particularly expressed in the following verses.
Solomon Stresses That The Source Of True Wisdom Is God, And That He Gives It To His Own, In Order to Maintain True Righteousness, And Enable Them To Appreciate It And Walk In It ( Proverbs 2:6-11 )....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 2:7 . Sound wisdom . Miller translates this word “ something stable .” It is used but twelve times in Scripture; in Job 5:12 , it is translated “enterprise,” but the ren...
Proverbs 2:10-11 I. If we look at the teaching of Scripture upon the subject of Christian humility, we find that its two main characteristics are: (1) distrust of self and of purely human wisdom;...
Proverbs 2:1 . Hide my commandments with thee, as a treasure is secured in the cabinet, or as the copy of the law was put within the ark in the holy place. The words of the law must be retained in...
Discretion shall preserve thee. Humility This 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 fou...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 2:1-20 3. Third admonitory discourse, pointing out the benefits which arise from a sincere, earnest, and persevering search after Wisdom. This discourse divides itself...
Wisdom Preserves from Folly
Ecclesiastes 10:10 ; Ecclesiastes 9:15-18 ; Ephesians 5:15 ; Proverbs 4:6 ; Proverbs 6:22-24 ; Psalms 119:9-11 ; Psalms 25:21