“ For they are life unto those that find them, and healthb to all their flesh. ”
Health - See the Proverbs 3:8 note.
For they [are] life unto those that find them, and health to all their (i) flesh. (i) That is, they will have health of body: under which all other blessings promised in the law are contained.
health . healing.
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh - literally, 'to all his flesh' - i:e.,...
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...
For they are life ... — Comp. 1 Timothy 4:8 , “Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, (the highest happiness that man can attain to now, peace of mind,...
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...
For they [are] life unto those that find them ,.... The words or doctrines of Christ, whose type Solomon was, are to be found in the field of the Scriptures, by diligent searching for them; and bein...
For they [are] life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. Ver. 22. For they are life. ] See Trapp on " Pro 3:22 " See Trapp on " Pro 3:16 " And health unto all their...
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
Jeremiah 33:6 ; Proverbs 12:18 ; Proverbs 3:8 ; Proverbs 4:10 ; Proverbs 4:4
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...