My son. See note on Proverbs 2:1.
keep. watch, guard. See note on Proverbs 4:23.
Fourth Discourse. The sage exhorts the young man to heed his oral instruction ( torah), and to trust in Yahweh, fear Him, and honour Him in the pr...
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: My son - The preceptor continues to deliver his lessons. Forget not my law - Re...
My son, forget not my law— In this chapter Solomon continues to press obedience to the precepts of wisdom, from a consideration of its benefits, wh...
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: Proverbs 3:1-35 .-The youth is admonished to keep God's law, which bring...
Law ] or 'direction.' The teacher speaks as one having authority.
The Blessings of Obedience and of Chastisement The first and third divisions, 1-10, 21-35, are exhortations to good conduct and promises of conseq...
CHAPTER 4 THE EARTHLY REWARDS OF WISDOM Proverbs 3:1-10 THE general teaching of these nine introductory Chapter s is that the "ways of Wisdom...
CHAPTER 10 TWO VOICES IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE CITY Proverbs 9:1-18 , Proverbs 20:14 with Proberbs 3, and Proverbs 20:16 with Proverbs 4:1...
the Results of Trusting Jehovah Proverbs 3:1-12 How replete with helpful instruction on the policy of life is this paragraph! The young of bo...
As the former address had to do with the search for wisdom, this, in view of the value of if is an appeal to cultivate wisdom. The appeal consists of...
CONTENTS The same subject is continued in this chapter as in the former; but with additional arguments. Here are many earnest exhortations to the ex...
My son, forget not my law ,.... Or, "doctrine" e; the doctrine of Christ, the Gospel, and the several truths of it; which, being of the utmost momen...
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: Ver. 1. My son, forget not. ] We should be able to say to wisdom, as Coenis d...
My son, forget not my law My doctrine or counsel; but let thy heart keep , &c. By diligent meditation and hearty affection. For length of day...
Communion Conferred by Wisdom. 1 My son, forget not my law; but let t...
PROVERBS CHAPTER 3 Solomon exhorteth his son to obedience, Proverbs 3:1-4 . To faith, Proverbs 3:5,6 , and trust in God; the benefits that th...
Introductory Exhortation Followed By The Requirement To Trust In YHWH, To Fear YHWH And To Honour YHWH ( Proverbs 3:1-10 ). Solomon here speaks of...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 3:1 . Keep . This word, says Miller, primarily means to look hard at , and generally to keep watch over , as over a vi...
Proverbs 3:2 . Length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. The premature death denounced against the profligate, and the vic...
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments. Useful precepts and inspiring motives I. To remember and keep in our heart...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 3:1-20 4. Fourth admonitory discourse. The third chapter introduces us to a group of admonitions, and the first of th...
My son, forget not my law, the teaching of wisdom; but let thine heart keep my commandments, sincerely observing all instructions of God's Word;
Obedience, Faith, and Liberality Urged
Deuteronomy 30:16-20 ; Deuteronomy 4:23 ; Deuteronomy 4:9 ; Deuteronomy 6:6-9 ; Deuteronomy 8:1 ; Hosea 4:6 ; Isaiah 51:17 ; Jeremiah 31:33 ;...
Lest We Forget Proverbs 3:1-12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Proverbs speaks several times of the danger of forgetting God and His Commandmen...
My law — The law of God, which might be called his law, as the gospel is called Paul's gospel, 2 Timothy 2:8 , because delivered by him.
1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: