Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Proverbs 2:3
If thou criest, to wit, unto God, the only giver of it, Proverbs 2:5, Heb. if thou callest; invitest it to come unto thee; earnestly desirest its conduct.
If thou criest, to wit, unto God, the only giver of it, Proverbs 2:5, Heb. if thou callest; invitest it to come unto thee; earnestly desirest its conduct.
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The pursuit of wisdom and its results (Proverbs 2:1)_ 2. Preservation from the evil man and the strange woman (Proverbs 2:10) 3. The path of the righteous (Proverbs 2:20)...
THIRD DISCOURSE. The wise man praises Wisdom, describing the blessings of obedience to her. The deeper religious element in wisdom appears, the fundamental conception of Hebrew prophecy, that the know...
YEA. For if. (Hebrew. _ki'im)._ If thou goest further and criest and seekest, &c. Then the result is shown in Proverbs 2:5....
_knowledge_ Rather, DISCERNMENT, R.V. See Proverbs 1:2, note....
DISCOURSE: 754 THE WAY OF ATTAINING DIVINE KNOWLEDGE Proverbs 2:1. My Son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thin...
CHAPTER 2 TEXT Proverbs 2:1-9 1. My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee; 2. So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding; 3....
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; YEA, IF THOU CRIEST AFTER KNOWLEDGE, (AND) LIFTEST UP THY VOICE FOR UNDERSTANDING. The summit of the ascending clima...
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.'...
THE SEARCH FOR WISDOM We must greatly desire wisdom. We must listen to it. We must desire it. We must ask questions, so that we can learn more. We must hunt for wisdom, like someone who searches for...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 2 V1 My son, accept my words! Hide my commands inside yourself! v2
כִּ֤י אִ֣ם לַ † בִּינָ֣ה תִקְרָ֑א לַ֝...
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 WISDOM is concerned, as we have seen, with the whole u...
WISDOM GUARDS FROM EVIL Proverbs 2:1-22 Several words are reiterated in this chapter, which will unlock its treasures. _Understanding,_ Proverbs 2:2-3; Proverbs 2:5; Proverbs 2:9; Proverbs 2:11. If...
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, and make many practical applications. The first o...
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] (c) liftest up thy voice for understanding; (c) Meaning that we must seek the knowledge of God with care and diligence....
_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 apply thine heart to understanding; … then shalt thou u...
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...
YEA, IF THOU CRIEST AFTER KNOWLEDGE,.... Of God, Christ, and the Gospel; not only bow the ear and bend the mind to these things, but importunately and fervently pray for them; not only attend the mini...
_Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding;_ Ver. 3. _If thou criest after knowledge._] _Bene orasse est bene studuisse,_ said Luther. Knowledge is God's gift...
_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 hide my commandments with thee_ Wilt lay them up in thy mi...
yea, if thou criest after knowledge, calling and inviting it, AND LIFTEST UP THY VOICE FOR UNDERSTANDING, in order to be able to distinguish between good and evil, between wise and foolish;...
ADVANTAGES IN ACCEPTING WISDOM...
LIFTEST UP THY VOICE: _ Heb._ givest thy voice...
1-9 Those who earnestly seek heavenly wisdom, will never complain that they have lost their labour; and the freeness of the gift does not do away the necessity of our diligence, John 6:27. Let them s...
Proverbs 2:3 out H7121 (H8799) discernment H998 up H5414 (H8799) voice H6963 understanding H8394 if -...
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 2:1). The first voice that speaks to the young man is t...
Proverbs 2:2 I. Solomon's meaning is, that we are to begin life by fearing God, without understanding it; as a child obeys his parents without understanding the meaning of their commands. If we do not...
Proverbs 2:1 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 God is the first step in true wisdom, and that he who wo...
CONTENTS: How wisdom is to be obtained and used. The unspeakable advantage of true wisdom. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: God has provided that those who are sincerely disposed to do...
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 holy place. The words of the law must be retained in th...
_Yea, if thou criest after knowledge._ ALL KNOWLEDGE IS GOOD No kind of knowledge is to be despised. The bee gathers honey from every flower. What shore so bleak, what moor so barren, what rocks so n...
_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 true wisdom. He who would know God aright must love Wisdo...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 2:1 These verses call the listener or reader to SEEK wisdom diligently. ⇐...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 2:1_ HUMAN UNDERSTANDING AND DIVINE KNOWLEDGE I. DIVINE KNOWLEDGE IS WITHIN THE REACH OF THE HUMAN UNDERSTANDING. When a physician has created an appetite...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 2:1 3. _Third admonitory discourse, pointing out the benefits which arise from a sincere, earnest, and persevering search after Wisdom. _This discourse divides itself into three...
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with you; So that you incline your ear unto wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; Yes, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up...
1 Chronicles 22:12; 1 Kings 3:9; Ephesians 1:17; Ephesians 1:18;...
Criest — To God, the only giver of it....