Proverbs 4:7

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 21:6; Psalms 119:104; Psalms 49:16-20

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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 ;...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Wisdom... wisdom. Hebrew in four words, "Beginning wisdom get wisdom". as the principal thing, get wisdom.
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 get...
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 reshi...
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...
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) g...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Lit. 'The beginning of wisdom is, get wisdom' (RM). When we feel our deficiency we shall make a start. Socrates was the wisest of the Greeks because...
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: an...
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 u...
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...
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 fide...
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: k...
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. Ther...
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 sup...
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...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Parental Instructions. 1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a fath...
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...
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...
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.” Prover...
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 instan...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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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 pre...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Admonitions Concerning Wisdom
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wisdom is the principal thing, the highest and most desirable possession; therefore get wisdom, this being suggested as the guiding rule of life;...
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

With all — Even with the price of all.

⁷ Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 4:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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

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

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

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

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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