Proverbs 2:2

Acts 17:11; Ecclesiastes 7:25; Ecclesiastes 8:16; Ecclesiastes 8:9; Isaiah 55:3; Matthew 13:9; Proverbs 18:1; Proverbs 22:17-21; Proverbs 23:12; Psalms 119:111; Psalms 119:112; Psalms 90:12

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 2:2

Arno Geneva Study Bible

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply (b) thine heart to understanding; (b) If you give yourself to the true knowledge of God with...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Third Discourse. The wise man praises Wisdom, describing the blessings of obedience to her. The deeper religious element in wisdom appears, the fun...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

incline thine ear . hearken. Hebrew prick up or point thine ear. Not the same word as in Proverbs 2:18 . wisdom. Hebrew. chokma. See note on...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 754 THE WAY OF ATTAINING DIVINE KNOWLEDGE Proverbs 2:1-6 . My Son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, (and) apply t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Search for Wisdom 1-4. The condition which must be fulfilled. Spinoza said, 'The effort to understand is the first and sole basis of virtue.'
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The heart in OT. is the seat of the intellect.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 3 WISDOM AS THE GUIDE OF CONDUCT "To deliver thee from the way of the evil man…To deliver thee from the strange woman."- Proverbs 2:12-1...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Wisdom Guards from Evil Proverbs 2:1-22 Several words are reiterated in this chapter, which will unlock its treasures. Understanding, Prover...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

From here and through chapter 8 we have a series of parental counsels. These all begin with the address, "My son," and deal with the value of wisdom,...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

WISDOM’S COUNSELS ‘My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and appl...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So that thou incline thine ear unto Wisdom ,.... Hearken to Wisdom, that is, Christ; or rather to the instruction of Wisdom, which is the Gospel; so...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding; Ver. 2. So that thou incline thine ear. ] Lie low at God's...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

My son , &c. These words are spoken by Solomon, either, 1st, In the name of wisdom, as before: or rather, 2d, In his own name. If thou wilt hid...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Search after Wisdom Encouraged. 1 My son, if thou wilt receive my...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Give thyself to the study of it with affection and diligence.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Solomon Calls On His ‘Son' To Receive His Words With A View To Attaining A True Knowledge Of God Which Will Cause Him To Reverence Him ( Proverbs 2:...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 2:1-5 HUMAN UNDERSTANDING AND DIVINE KNOWLEDGE I. Divine knowledge is within the reach of the huma...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 2:1-5 This is only one passage out of many in which wisdom is connected with religion, in which it is asserted that a religious fear of G...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 2:2-5 I. Solomon's meaning is, that we are to begin life by fearing God, without understanding it; as a child obeys his parents without u...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 2:1 . Hide my commandments with thee, as a treasure is secured in the cabinet, or as the copy of the law was put within the ark in the ho...
The Biblical Illustrator

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom. Wisdom This is constantly connected with religion. A religious fear of God is the first step in tru...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 2:1-20 3. Third admonitory discourse, pointing out the benefits which arise from a sincere, earnest, and persevering s...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Advantages in Accepting Wisdom
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, yielding a ready obedience, and apply thine heart to understanding , ready to accept it, to make use of...

² So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 2:2

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit 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

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible 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

Proverbs 2:2