Proverbs 2:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; ”

Proverbs 2:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] (c) liftest up thy voice for understanding; (c) Meaning that we must seek the knowledge of God with care and diligence.
Proverbs 2:3 - 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...
Proverbs 2:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Yea . For if. (Hebrew. ki'im). If thou goest further and criest and seekest, &c. Then the result is shown in Proverbs 2:5 .
Proverbs 2:3 - 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...
Proverbs 2:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
Proverbs 2:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, (and) liftest up thy voice for understanding. The summit of the ascending...
Proverbs 2:3 - 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.'
Proverbs 2:3 - 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...
Proverbs 2:3 - 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...
Proverbs 2:3 - 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...
Proverbs 2:3 - 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...
Proverbs 2:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge ,.... Of God, Christ, and the Gospel; not only bow the ear and bend the mind to these things, but importunately and fervently pray for them; not only attend the m...
Proverbs 2:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding; Ver. 3. If thou criest after knowledge. ] Bene orasse est bene studuisse, said Luther. Knowledge is God's gif...
Proverbs 2:3 - 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...
Proverbs 2:3 - 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...
Proverbs 2:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

If thou criest, to wit, unto God, the only giver of it, Proverbs 2:5 , Heb. if thou callest ; invitest it to come unto thee; earnestly desirest its conduct.
Proverbs 2:3 - 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...
Proverbs 2:3 - 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...
Proverbs 2:3 - 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...
Proverbs 2:3 - 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...
Proverbs 2:3 - 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...
Proverbs 2:3 - 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...
Proverbs 2:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Advantages in Accepting Wisdom
Proverbs 2:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 22:12 ; 1 Kings 3:9-12 ; Ephesians 1:17 ; Ephesians 1:18 ; James 1:5 ; Luke 11:13 ; Proverbs 3:6 ; Proverbs 8:17 ; Psalms 119:125 ; Psalms 119:169 ; Psalms 119:34 ; Psalms 11...
Proverbs 2:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Criest — To God, the only giver of it.

Proverbs 2:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 2:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 2:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 2:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Proverbs 2:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 2:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 2:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 2:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 2:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 2:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 2:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 2:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 2:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 2:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 2:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 2:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 2:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 2:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 2:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 2:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 2:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 2:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 2:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 2:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 2:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes