Proverbs 4:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. ”

Proverbs 4:7 - 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 4:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(c) Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. (c) He shows that we must first begin with God's word, if we will that other things prosper w...
Proverbs 4:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Wisdom... wisdom. Hebrew in four words, "Beginning wisdom get wisdom". as the principal thing, get wisdom.
Proverbs 4:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 762 THE NATURE AND EXCELLENCE OF TRUE WISDOM Proverbs 4:7 . Wisdom is the principal thing: therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting, get understanding . THE inspired volume is...
Proverbs 4:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Wisdom is the principal thing - ראשית חכמה reshith chochmah, "wisdom is the principle." It is the...
Proverbs 4:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Wisdom is the principal thing— "As there is no thing comparable to wisdom; so the first step to it is, to know as much, and to prize it accordingly. Begin therefore to be wise, by looking upon the...
Proverbs 4:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Wisdom is the principal thing; (therefore) get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understand...
Proverbs 4:7 - 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 4:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Wisdom is the principal thing ... — This may also be translated, The beginning of wisdom is Get (or, to get, comp. Proverbs 16:16 ) wisdom: and with ( i.e., at the price of) all thou hast g...
Proverbs 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE PRINCIPAL THING ‘Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.’ Proverbs 4:7 I. There must be reality in our knowledge. —It must be th...
Proverbs 4:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Wisdom [is] the principal thing ,.... Or principal, one; the principal of persons and things; the principal of persons, angels or men: Christ is superior to angels, having a more excellent name and...
Proverbs 4:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Ver. 7. Wisdom is the principal thing. ] Say the world what it will, a drachma of this wisdom i...
Proverbs 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The principal thing; the most excellent of all possessions. With all; even with the price of all, though it cost thee the loss of all which thou hast. Or, or among all . Whilst you labour for ot...
Proverbs 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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...
Proverbs 4:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 4:7 I. There must be reality in our knowledge. It must be the real knowledge of real things. We must be sure that we, in the first instance, take it in as accurately as possible. We must...
Proverbs 4:7 - 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 4:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Wisdom is the principal thing. The principal thing I. If we consider man’s spiritual state in the sight of God. II. If we consider man’s present happiness. The true happiness of man has its...
Proverbs 4:7 - 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 4:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Admonitions Concerning Wisdom
Proverbs 4:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 2:4-9 ; Ecclesiastes 4:8 ; Ecclesiastes 7:12 ; Ecclesiastes 9:16-18 ; Luke 10:42 ; Luke 12:20 ; Mark 8:36 ; Mark 8:37 ; Matthew 13:44-46 ; Philippians 3:8 ; Proverbs 16:16 ;...
Proverbs 4:7 - 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 4:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

With all — Even with the price of all.

Proverbs 4:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 4:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 4:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 4:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Proverbs 4:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 4:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 4:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 4:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 4:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 4:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 4:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 4:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 4:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 4:7 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 4:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 4:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 4:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 4:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 4:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 4:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 4:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 4:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 4:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 4:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 4:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 4:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 4:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 4:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Proverbs 4:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes