Proverbs 2:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. ”

Proverbs 2:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

People do not gain wisdom by any efforts of their own, but God gives it according to the laws of His own goodness.
Proverbs 2:6 - 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 2:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

giveth. The cry of Proverbs 2:3 implies. Giver. Illustrations: Joseph ( Genesis 41:38 ; Genesis 41:39 ); Moses ( Exodus 4:12 ); Solomon ( 1 Kings 3:12 ; 1 Kings 4:29 ); Daniel ( Proverbs 1:17 ....
Proverbs 2:6 - 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 2:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 2:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth (cometh) knowledge and understanding. Solomon knew this by experi...
Proverbs 2:6 - 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 2:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For the Lord giveth wisdom. — As St. James ( Proverbs 1:5 ) expresses it, He gives it to every man “liberally, and upbraideth not:” i.e., blames him not for asking it.
Proverbs 2:6 - 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 2:6 - 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 2:6 - 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 2:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. He keepeth the paths of judg...
Proverbs 2:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the Lord giveth wisdom ,.... Natural wisdom in all its branches, with all its improvements, and in its utmost latitude and perfection; and spiritual wisdom, which lies in the knowledge of a man'...
Proverbs 2:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding. Ver. 6. Out of his mouth cometh knowledge. ] If it could be said by the divine chronologer, a Ex Adami sapient...
Proverbs 2:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For the Lord giveth Hebrew, יתן, will give wisdom Hath promised to give it, namely, to those that so seek it. Thus he teaches them not to ascribe any wisdom they might attain to their own abiliti...
Proverbs 2:6 - 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 2:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Giveth wisdom, Heb. will give ; hath promised to give it, to wit, to those that so seek it; whereby he also teacheth them not to ascribe any wisdom which they may obtain unto their own wit and ind...
Proverbs 2:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 )....
Proverbs 2:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 2:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 2:6 Religion may be properly considered in relation to the ends of study, and to the spirit in which these ends are to be pursued. I. Education ought to discipline and to strengthen the...
Proverbs 2:6 - 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 2:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

For the Lord giveth wisdom. The fountain of wisdom I. That God is the only fountain of all true wisdom. Men say that the Deity is not the only source of it, but that much of it may be attained...
Proverbs 2:6 - 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 2:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Advantages in Accepting Wisdom
Proverbs 2:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 22:12 ; 1 Kings 3:12 ; 1 Kings 3:9 ; 1 Kings 4:29 ; Daniel 1:17 ; Daniel 2:21 ; Daniel 2:23 ; Ephesians 1:17 ; Ephesians 1:18 ; Exodus 31:3 ; Isaiah 54:13 ; Isaiah 8:20 ; Ja...

Proverbs 2:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 2:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 2:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 2:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Proverbs 2:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 2:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 2:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 2:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 2:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 2:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 2:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 2:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 2:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 2:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 2:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 2:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 2:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 2:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 2:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 2:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 2:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 2:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 2:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 2:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 2:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge