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

“ He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. ”

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

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 ....
Proverbs 4:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

He (b) taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. (b) Meaning, David his father.
Proverbs 4:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Keep . Take heed to. live: i.e. live again, in resurrection life. See note on Leviticus 18:5 . Earthly life could he enjoyed without keeping commandments.
Proverbs 4:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. He taught me also, and said - Open thy heart to receive my instructions - receive them with affec...
Proverbs 4:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. He taught me also, said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, a...
Proverbs 4:4 - 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 4:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He taught me also. — Comp. David’s advice to Solomon (l Chron. 28:9, 10).
Proverbs 4:4 - 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 4:4 - 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 4:4 - 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 4:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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

He taught me also, and said unto me ,.... The Targum is, "they taught me,'' his father and his mother; and so the Septuagint version, "who said and taught me;'' and the Arabic version, "they bo...
Proverbs 4:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. Ver. 4. He taught me also. ] As Cato taught his own children, and took it for no disgrace, tho...
Proverbs 4:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He taught me also, and said unto me The following verses, at least as far as the tenth, are represented as containing the words of David, Solomon's father, that the name of so great a king, and so...
Proverbs 4:4 - 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 4:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Said unto me: the following verses, at least as far as the 10th verse, are propounded as the words of David, that the name of so great a king and holy a prophet might add the more authority and eff...
Proverbs 4:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Proverbs 4:4 - 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 4:4 - 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 4:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

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

Admonitions Concerning Wisdom
Proverbs 4:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 22:11-16 ; 1 Chronicles 28:9 ; 2 Timothy 1:5 ; 2 Timothy 3:15 ; Deuteronomy 4:9 ; Deuteronomy 6:6 ; Ephesians 6:4 ; Genesis 18:19 ; Hebrews 5:9 ; Isaiah 55:3 ; John 12:50 ; L...
Proverbs 4:4 - 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 4:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Said — The following verses, at least as far as the tenth verse, are the words of David.

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

Proverbs 4:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 4:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

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

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

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

Proverbs 4:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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

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

Proverbs 4:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

Proverbs 4:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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

Proverbs 4:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 4:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

Proverbs 4:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 4:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Proverbs 4:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes