“ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. ”
The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father. Compare it with 2 Samuel 23:2 etc.; 1 Chronicles 28:9 ; 1 Chronicles 29:17 ; Psalms 15:1-5 ; Psalms 24:1-10 ; Psalms 37 ....
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My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings - a fresh call to serious attention, because of our tendency to sp...
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...
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...
Guide-Posts on the Way of Life Proverbs 4:10-27 One or two sentences stand out in this section, demanding special attention. The path of the just, etc ., Proverbs 4:18 . We may compare this b...
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...
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to a...
My son, attend to my words ,.... Which go before and which follow after, his doctrines, instructions, cautions, and exhortations; incline thine ear unto my sayings ; stoop and bow the ear; listen...
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Ver. 20. My son, attend to my words. ] Still he calls for attention, as knowing our dulness and fickle headedness. It fared with the...
Parental Instructions. 20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from...
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A General Appeal To Hear His Words And Sayings, And Instructions With Regard To His Heart, Mouth, Eyes And Feet ( Proverbs 4:20-27 ). Solomon urges those who hear him and read his words to take th...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 4:22 . Health , or “healing.” Proverbs 4:23 . “Above all other watching, keep thy heart,” some read: “Keep thy heart with all (kinds of) keeping.” Issues —“currents...
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...
My son, attend to my words. Divine principles “The words of wisdom” are the vehicles of those Divine principles the reception and embodiment of which by man are essential to his well-being. I...
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...
Warning against Wickedness
Isaiah 55:3 ; Matthew 17:5 ; Proverbs 5:1 ; Proverbs 6:20 ; Proverbs 6:21 ; Proverbs 7:1 ; Psalms 78:1 ; Psalms 90:12
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...