Proverbs 4:1

children. sons.

instruction. correction, or admonition.

know understanding. learn discernment.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 4:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The words “ye children” indicate as usual a new section returning, after the break of Proverbs 3:27-35 , to the old strain of fatherly counsel.
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a (a) father, and attend to know understanding. (a) He speaks this as a preacher and minister which is as a fa...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. Hear, ye children - Come, my pupils, and hear how a father instruct...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hear, ye children— Solomon here proposes himself as an example of docility; but in such a manner, that he refers all the advantages of his educatio...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. Proverbs 4:1-27 .-The young are urged by Solomon, as he was...
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 t...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS. This chapter hath much the same tendency as the former. It contains an exhortation to the pursuit of wisdom. And towards the close of the...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hear, &c., the instruction of a father Of me, who have paternal authority over you, and great affection for you. For I give you, good doctrine...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Admonitions Concerning Wisdom
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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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 a...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A father — Of me, who have paternal authority over you and affection for you.

¹ Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 4:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy 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

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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