Proverbs 4:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. ”

Proverbs 4:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The words “ye children” indicate as usual a new section returning, after the break of Proverbs 3:27-35 , to the old strain of fatherly counsel.
Proverbs 4:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a (a) father, and attend to know understanding. (a) He speaks this as a preacher and minister which is as a father to the people, ( Proverbs 2:8 ).
Proverbs 4:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

children . sons. instruction . correction, or admonition. know understanding . learn discernment.
Proverbs 4:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. Hear, ye children - Come, my pupils, and hear how a father instructed his child. Such as I received from my father I...
Proverbs 4:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hear, ye children— Solomon here proposes himself as an example of docility; but in such a manner, that he refers all the advantages of his education to the early impressions which he received from...
Proverbs 4:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. Proverbs 4:1-27 .-The young are urged by Solomon, as he was urged by his father, to get wisdom as the princip...
Proverbs 4:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ancestral Wisdom. The Two Paths In Proverbs 4:1-9 the teacher lays stress on the fact that his instruction is a repetition of his father's. No teaching was thought valuable save that which was h...
Proverbs 4:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

IV. (g) Seventh Discourse: — Recollections of his Father’s Instructions ( Proverbs 4:1 to Proverbs 5:6 ). (1) A father. — That is, of me, your teacher.
Proverbs 4:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 5 EDUCATION: THE CHILD'S THOUGHT OF THE PARENT "Wisdom doth live with children round her knees." - Wordsworth. "He taught me, and said unto me," etc. Proverbs 4:4 THIS chapter begins...
Proverbs 4:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Counsels of Experience. Proverbs 3:27-35 ; Proverbs 4:1-9 Here are many duties! Be generous! Of course we must discriminate- to whom it is due; and we must be prudent- when it is in t...
Proverbs 4:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this chapter there are three addresses. The first is of the nature of personal testimony (verses Pro 4:1-9). The next two are exhortations to fidelity (verses Pro 4:10-27). The father urges his ow...
Proverbs 4:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS. This chapter hath much the same tendency as the former. It contains an exhortation to the pursuit of wisdom. And towards the close of the Chapter the sad effects of a contrary study is poi...
Proverbs 4:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father ,.... Either of God their father, as Gersom interprets it; or rather of Solomon their father: and so he recommends his instruction from the relation he...
Proverbs 4:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. Ver. 1. Hear, ye children. ] Audite senem, iuvenes, quem iuvenem senes audierunt: Hear me, now an old man, O ye...
Proverbs 4:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hear, &c., the instruction of a father Of me, who have paternal authority over you, and great affection for you. For I give you, good doctrine Not vain or foolish, much less false or pernicio...
Proverbs 4:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Parental Instructions. 1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2 For I gi...
Proverbs 4:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PROVERBS CHAPTER 4 Solomon showeth the excellency of his doctrine, Proverbs 4:1-4 . His counsel to get wisdom, Proverbs 4:5,6 , and understanding, Proverbs 4:7 . The honour which cometh th...
Proverbs 4:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A General Appeal To ‘Sons' ( Proverbs 4:1-2 ). The change from ‘my son' to ‘sons', which occurs only here as an opening address, may well have taken place because of Solomon's reference in Prover...
Proverbs 4:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 4:2 . Doctrine , Literally something received, handed over; the author so describes it because he received it from his father. The Septuagint and the Vulgate translate by...
Proverbs 4:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 4:1 . Hear, ye children, a Hebraism, equivalent to wash, cleanse, and purify your ears. A grateful son here recites the domestic piety of an illustrious father. David talked much with his...
Proverbs 4:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

The instruction of a father. A religious home I. The love of a religious home. Two kinds of love for the offspring. 1. The natural love. 2. The spiritual love, which has respect to the sp...
Proverbs 4:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 4:1-20 7. Seventh admonitory discourse. We here enter upon the second group of admonitory discourses, as is indicated by the opening address, "my children," and which...
Proverbs 4:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hear, ye children, the affectionate address being intended to arouse attention in his readers, the instruction of a father, one who, for that reason, had the experience needed to teach others, and...
Proverbs 4:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 2:11 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:12 ; Hebrews 2:1 ; Proverbs 1:8 ; Proverbs 19:20 ; Proverbs 2:1-5 ; Proverbs 22:17 ; Proverbs 5:1 ; Proverbs 6:20-23 ; Proverbs 7:4 ; Proverbs 8:32...
Proverbs 4:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Sacred Exhortations Proverbs 4:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is well, now and then, to step aside and consider what God has to say to young men and women; as well as to consider what He says to t...
Proverbs 4:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A father — Of me, who have paternal authority over you and affection for you.

Proverbs 4:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 4:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 4:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 4:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 4:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 4:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 4:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 4:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 4:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 4:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 4:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 4:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 4:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 4:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 4:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 4:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 4:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 4:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 4:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 4:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 4:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 4:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 4:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 4:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 4:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Proverbs 4:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes