“ Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. ”
Speech turned from its true purpose, the wandering eye that leads on to evil, action hasty and inconsiderate, are the natural results where we do not “above all keeping keep our heart” Proverbs 4:...
(l) Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. (l) Keep a measure in all your doings.
Ponder the path, &c. Illustrations: Abraham ( Genesis 24:1-9 . See note on Proverbs 3:5 ; Proverbs 3:6 ); Eleazar ( Genesis 24:5 ); Joshua ( Proverbs 24:15 ); Ruth ( Proverbs 1:16-18 ); David...
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. Ponder the path of thy feet - Weigh well the part thou shouldst act in life. See that thou contract no bad habits.
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. The object of the tempter is to prevent your doing so ( Pro...
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...
Ponder the path of thy feet. — Rather, make it smooth, level: take all obstacles out of it which may prevent thy going in the way God is leading thee. Comp. the directions to cut off even the han...
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...
Ponder the path of thy feet ,.... Consider well what path it is, whether right or wrong; or weigh it in the balances of thought, as Aben Ezra; or rather in the balances of the word, and see whether...
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. Ver. 26. Ponder the path of thy feet. ] Viz., By the weights of the word. Look to thine affections, for by these maids Satan woes...
Put away a froward mouth All sorts of sinful words, which proceed from, and discover an evil heart. Let thine eyes look right on Let thine intention be pure: direct all thine actions to a right e...
Parental Instructions. 20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from...
Ponder the path of thy feet; consider thine actions before thou doest them, and see that they agree with the rule. Let all thy ways be established; let thine actions be uniformly and constantly g...
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 4:24-27 First the fountain, then the streams; first the heart and then the life-course. The issues of life are manifold: three of their main channels are mapped out here the "lips," the "...
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...
Put away from thee a froward mouth. Laws of life A law for the tongue, a law for the eye, a law for the mind, a law for the life. I. A demand for pure language. Speech is one of the grand pe...
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
1 Peter 5:10 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:13 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:3 ; Ephesians 5:15 ; Ephesians 5:17 ; Ezekiel 18:28 ; Haggai 1:5 ; Haggai 1:7 ; Proverbs 5:6 ; Psalms 119:59 ; Psalms 37:23 ; Psalm...
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...
Ponder — Consider thine actions before thou dost them, and see that they agree with the rule. And — Let thine actions be uniformly and constantly good in spite of all temptations.