Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Proverbs 4:3
For I was my father's son, an object of special care and tender regard in David's eyes, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother, the one whom she surrounded with particular love.
For I was my father's son, an object of special care and tender regard in David's eyes, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother, the one whom she surrounded with particular love.
Probably the words of Solomon himself, who looks back from his glorious throne and his matured wisdom to the training which was the starting point. The part taken by Bathsheba in 1 Kings 1, no less th...
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. Solomon's training (Proverbs 4:1)_ 2. Hear, O my son: Receive my sayings (Proverbs 4:10) 3. My son, attend to my words. (Proverbs 4:20)...
SON. The Hebrew accent (_Dechi_) emphasizes this word to show (1) his own early training (Proverbs 4:3); (2) those whom he would instruct (verses: Proverbs 4:1; Proverbs 4:2); (3) his instruction (ver...
Seventh Address. Chap. Proverbs 4:1-9 Resuming, after the parenthesis (Proverbs 3:27-35) the style and tone of fatherly address of the preceding sections, the Teacher commends Wisdom to his scholars...
_my father's son_ The order of the words in the original: A SON WAS I TO MY FATHER, suggests the meaning, I was a _true_son, a son not only by birth, but by filial reverence and obedience, "_filius_,...
FOR I WAS MY FATHER'S SON, &C.— Literally, _I was a tender and delicate child, and the only son of my mother._ The word, _only son,_ in this place may be taken in the sense in which the LXX have trans...
CHAPTER 4 TEXT Proverbs 4:1-9 1. Hear my sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding: 2. For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law. 3. For I was a son unto my...
For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. FOR I WAS MY FATHER'S SON, TENDER AND ONLY (BELOVED) IN THE SIGHT OF MY MOTHER. My father taught me as his true son, ev...
ANCESTRAL WISDOM. THE TWO PATHS In Proverbs 4:1 the teacher lays stress on the fact that his instruction is a repetition of his father's. No teaching was thought valuable save that which was handed do...
This poem is not just about Solomon’s family. It is about all families. It tells us that a father should teach his son. When he grows older, the son should teach his own children. Solomon’s family wa...
The advice did not begin with the father, who is writing the poem. The father learned this lesson from his own father. The lesson is good, because it is ancient. Grandfather followed this advice. And...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 4 V1 My sons, listen to your father’s instruction. As you listen to me, you will understand more....
FOR I WAS... SON... — It is not only his own advice that he has to offer; he can tell his disciples of the excellent discipline and teaching he received from his parents in his old home. It may be rem...
כִּי ־בֵ֭ן הָיִ֣יתִי לְ אָבִ֑י רַ֥ךְ וְ֝
CHAPTER 5 EDUCATION: THE CHILD'S THOUGHT OF THE PARENT "Wisdom doth live with children round her knees." - Wordsworth. "He taught me, and said unto me," etc. Proverbs 4:4 THIS chapter begins with a...
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 is due;_ and we must be prudent- _when it is in the powe...
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 fidelity (verses Pro 4:10-27). The father urges his own...
_As. This is not expressed. (Haydock) --- But Solomon was not the only son of Bethsabee, as St. Luke (iii. 23.) specifies Nathan, his brother. See 2 Kings xii. 24. Septuagint have "beloved in," &c._...
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: keep my commandments, and live. Get wisdom, get unde...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9. There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly so...
FOR I WAS MY FATHER'S SON,.... Or, "a son to my father" p; so Solomon was to God, his heavenly Father, 2 Samuel 7:14; which Jarchi observes, and gives as the sense of this place: but his father David...
For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in the sight of my mother. Ver. 3. For I was my father's son,] _q.d., _ I that am now so famous for wisdom, was once as wise as a wild ass's colt....
_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_ Not vain or foolish, much less false or pernicious co...
1-13 We must look upon our teachers as our fathers: though instruction carry in it reproof and correction, bid it welcome. Solomon's parents loved him, therefore taught him. Wise and godly men, in ev...
MY FATHER'S SON, in a special manner; his best beloved son, and designed to be his successor in the throne. TENDER; young and tender in years, and capable of any impressions, and tenderly educated. ON...
Proverbs 4:3 fathers H1 son H1121 Tender H7390 only H3173 sight H6440 mother H517 2
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCE OF WHAT HIS FATHER HAD TAUGHT HIM AS ‘A SON' (PROVERBS 4:3). Solomon now stresses that his wisdom has partly come down to him from his father. This greatly added to it...
CONTENTS: Earnest exhortation to the study of true wisdom. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: True wisdom from God is the principle thing. It is that which recommends us to God, which be...
Proverbs 4:1. _Hear, ye children,_ a Hebraism, equivalent to wash, cleanse, and purify your ears. A grateful son here recites the domestic piety of an illustrious father. David talked much with his ch...
_For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother._ THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OF SOLOMON Solomon in these words gives us two pieces of his own private history, in order to a...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 4:3 WHEN I WAS A SON WITH MY FATHER. The father shows he can identify with his sons. He, too, was once young and under the instruction of a father. He also implies that wisdo...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 4:2. DOCTRINE, Literally something received, handed over; the author so describes it because he received it from his father. The Septuagint and the Vulgate translate by DONU...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 4:1 7. _Seventh admonitory discourse. _We here enter upon the second group of admonitory discourses, as is indicated by the opening address, "my children," and which occurs again...
Continuing to his son. Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend that you might know understanding. For I give you good doctrine, don't forsake my law. For I was my father's son, ten...
1 Chronicles 22:5; 1 Chronicles 29:1; 1 Chronicles 3:5; 1 Kings 1:13;...
SACRED EXHORTATIONS Proverbs 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is well, now and then, to step aside and consider what God has to say to young men and women; as well as to consider what He says to their fath...
Tender — Young and tender in years, and tenderly educated. Only beloved — Beloved above all the rest....