“ For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. ”
Probably the words of Solomon himself, who looks back from his glorious throne and his matured wisdom to the training which was the starting point. The part taken by Bathsheba in 1 Kings 1 , no le...
son. The Hebrew accent ( Dechi ) emphasizes this word to show (1) his own early training ( Proverbs 4:3 ); (2) those whom he would instruct (verses: Proverbs 4:1 ; Proverbs 4:2 ); (3) his instruc...
For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
For I was my father's son, &c.— Literally, I was a tender and delicate child, and the only son of my mother. The word, only son, in this place may be taken in the sense in which the LXX hav...
For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. For I was my father's son, tender and only (beloved) in the sight of my mother. My father taught me as his true s...
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 I was ... son ... — It is not only his own advice that he has to offer; he can tell his disciples of the excellent discipline and teaching he received from his parents in his old home. It may b...
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...
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...
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...
For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. Get wisdom, get und...
For I was my father's son ,.... Or, "a son to my father" p; so Solomon was to God, his heavenly Father, 2 Samuel 7:14 ; which Jarchi observes, and gives as the sense of this place: but his father D...
For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in the sight of my mother. Ver. 3. For I was my father's son,] q.d., I that am now so famous for wisdom, was once as wise as a wild ass's col...
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...
Parental Instructions. 1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 2 For I gi...
My father's son, in a special manner; his best beloved son, and designed to be his successor in the throne. Tender; young and tender in years, and capable of any impressions, and tenderly educate...
An Autobiographical Reminiscence Of What His Father Had Taught Him As ‘A Son' ( Proverbs 4:3-9 ). Solomon now stresses that his wisdom has partly come down to him from his father. This greatly add...
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 . 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...
For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. The religious education of Solomon Solomon in these words gives us two pieces of his own private history, in order...
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...
Admonitions Concerning Wisdom
1 Chronicles 22:5 ; 1 Chronicles 29:1 ; 1 Chronicles 3:5 ; 1 Kings 1:13-17 ; 2 Samuel 12:24 ; 2 Samuel 12:25 ; Jeremiah 10:23 ; Romans 12:16
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...
Tender — Young and tender in years, and tenderly educated. Only beloved — Beloved above all the rest.