Proverbs 4:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. ”

• Proverbs 4:6 - 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 ....

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• Proverbs 4:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  her: i.e. wisdom. preserve . guard. keep . protect, as one protects the apple of one's eye. See note on Proverbs 4:23 .

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• Proverbs 4:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. Forsake her not - Wisdom personified is here represented as a guardian and companion, who, if not forsaken, will conti...

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• Proverbs 4:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. If thou forsake her not, she...

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• Proverbs 4:6 - 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...

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• Proverbs 4:6 - 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...

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• Proverbs 4:6 - 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...

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• Proverbs 4:6 - 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...

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• Proverbs 4:6 - 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...

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• Proverbs 4:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee ,.... That is, Wisdom, or Christ. Men may be said to forsake Christ when they forsake the assembly of his church and people, which are his other self; wh...

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• Proverbs 4:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. Ver. 6. Forsake her not, &c. ] Wisdom is her own reward. If she forsake us, it is because the desertion is firs...

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• Proverbs 4:6 - 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...

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• Proverbs 4:6 - 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...

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• Proverbs 4:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Love her; he intimates that it is not enough to do what is good, which may sometimes proceed from worldly or sinful motives, but that we must have a sincere and fervent more and more unto the perfe...

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• Proverbs 4:6 - 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...

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• Proverbs 4:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 4:8 . Exalt or “esteem.” Proverbs 4:9 . Last clause, or “she shall compass thee with a crown of glory.” Proverbs 4:10 . As is all other instances (see Notes on...

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• Proverbs 4:6 - 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...

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• Proverbs 4:6 - 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...

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• Proverbs 4:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Admonitions Concerning Wisdom

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• Proverbs 4:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Thessalonians 2:10 ; Ephesians 3:17 ; Proverbs 2:10-12 ; Proverbs 4:21 ; Proverbs 4:22

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• Proverbs 4:6 - 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...

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