“ If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; ”
Note the illustrations. (1) Contact with Phoenician commerce, and joint expeditions in ships of Tarshish (see Psalms 72:10 note), had made the Israelites familiar with the risks and the enterpr...
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid (d) treasures; (d) Showing that no labour must be spared.
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...
as silver: or money. Probably the reference is to Job 28 .
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...
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; If thou seekest her as silver - How do men seek money? What will they not do to get rich? Reader, seek the salvation of th...
If thou seekest her as silver— This is thought to be a proverbial saying, borrowed from those who work in mines: The former part of the verse expressing eager desire and great diligence, and the la...
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as (for) hid treasures - not content with merely one look, or a...
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.'
If thou seekest her as silver. — That the process of mining was understood long before the time of Solomon, is proved by the remains of copper mines discovered in the peninsula of Sinai, and the go...
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...
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...
If thou seekest her as silver ,.... That is, wisdom, knowledge, and understanding; which all signify and relate unto one and the same thing, expressed here by "her": namely, the doctrine of wisdom,...
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures; Ver. 4. If thou seekest her as silver. ] Opulentissima metalla quorum in alta latent venae, saith Seneca, a Your ri...
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...
The Search after Wisdom Encouraged. 1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; 2 So...
With the same unwearied diligence, and earnest desire, and patient expectation under all delays, disappointments, and difficulties, which worldlings use in the purchase of riches, or in digging in mi...
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...
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 2:1-5 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 2:1 . 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...
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...
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...
Advantages in Accepting Wisdom
Ecclesiastes 4:8 ; Job 28:12-20 ; Luke 16:8 ; Matthew 13:44 ; Matthew 19:21 ; Matthew 19:22 ; Matthew 19:29 ; Matthew 6:19-21 ; Proverbs 16:16 ; Proverbs 23:23 ; Proverbs 3:14 ; Proverbs...
Seek her — With unwearied diligence and earnest desire and patient expectation.