Proverbs 2:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; ”

• Proverbs 2:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply (b) thine heart to understanding; (b) If you give yourself to the true knowledge of God without hypocrisy.

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• Proverbs 2:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Proverbs 2:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  incline thine ear . hearken. Hebrew prick up or point thine ear. Not the same word as in Proverbs 2:18 . wisdom. Hebrew. chokma. See note on Proverbs 1:2 . And apply . [then] thou shalt inc...

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• Proverbs 2:2 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 754 THE WAY OF ATTAINING DIVINE KNOWLEDGE Proverbs 2:1-6 . My Son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and a...

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• Proverbs 2:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

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• Proverbs 2:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, (and) apply thine heart to understanding. The ear is the avenue...

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• Proverbs 2:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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.'

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• Proverbs 2:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• Proverbs 2:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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...

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• Proverbs 2:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Proverbs 2:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  WISDOM’S COUNSELS ‘My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; … then shalt thou...

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• Proverbs 2:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  So that thou incline thine ear unto Wisdom ,.... Hearken to Wisdom, that is, Christ; or rather to the instruction of Wisdom, which is the Gospel; so called, because it is the produce of divine wisdo...

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• Proverbs 2:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding; Ver. 2. So that thou incline thine ear. ] Lie low at God's feet, and say, "Speak, Lord, for thy servant hear...

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• Proverbs 2:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  My son , &c. These words are spoken by Solomon, either, 1st, In the name of wisdom, as before: or rather, 2d, In his own name. If thou wilt hide my commandments with thee Wilt lay them up in t...

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• Proverbs 2:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Search after Wisdom Encouraged.       1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;   2 So...

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• Proverbs 2:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Give thyself to the study of it with affection and diligence.

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• Proverbs 2:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Solomon Calls On His ‘Son' To Receive His Words With A View To Attaining A True Knowledge Of God Which Will Cause Him To Reverence Him ( Proverbs 2:1-5 ). The first voice that speaks to the young...

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• Proverbs 2:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 2:1-5 HUMAN UNDERSTANDING AND DIVINE KNOWLEDGE I. Divine knowledge is within the reach of the human understanding . When a physician has created an...

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• Proverbs 2:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Proverbs 2:1-5 This is only one passage out of many in which wisdom is connected with religion, in which it is asserted that a religious fear of God is the first step in true wisdom, and that he w...

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• Proverbs 2:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Proverbs 2:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

  So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom. Wisdom This is constantly connected with religion. A religious fear of God is the first step in true wisdom. He who would know God aright must love W...

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• Proverbs 2:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Proverbs 2:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Advantages in Accepting Wisdom

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• Proverbs 2:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 17:11 ; Ecclesiastes 7:25 ; Ecclesiastes 8:16 ; Ecclesiastes 8:9 ; Isaiah 55:3 ; Matthew 13:9 ; Proverbs 18:1 ; Proverbs 22:17-21 ; Proverbs 23:12 ; Psalms 119:111 ; Psalms 119:112 ;...

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