Proverbs 1:5

will hear. Illustrations: Eunuch (Acts 8:27; Acts 8:39): Sergius Paulus (Acts 13:7); the Bereans (Acts 17:11; Acts 17:12); Apollos (Acts 18:24-28).

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⁵ A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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