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                        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;... 
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                        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)... 
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                        WORDS. Hebrew. _dabar._ App-73.... 
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                        TEXT Proverbs 4:20-27
20.
My son, attend to my words;
Incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21.
Let them not depart from thine eyes;
Keep them in the midst of thy heart.
22.
For they are life unt... 
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                        My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 
 MY SON, ATTEND TO MY WORDS; INCLINE THINE EAR UNTO MY SAYINGS - a
fresh call to serious attention, because of our tendency to spiritu... 
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                        4:20 words; (b-6) sayings. (b-12) 'Words,' _ dabar_ ; 'sayings,' _
omer_ ; Psalms 119:11 .... 
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                        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... 
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                        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.... 
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                        These verses show us the subject of this passage. Each chapter of
Proverbs 1:7 begins in a similar style. Here the subject is health.
Wisdom is like a medicine, because wisdom improves our lives. Unli... 
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                        Wise words are like medicine. They benefit every part of our bodies.... 
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                        בְּ֭נִי לִ דְבָרַ֣י הַקְשִׁ֑יבָה לַ֝
אֲמָרַ֗י... 
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                        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... 
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                        GUIDE-POSTS ON THE WAY OF LIFE
Proverbs 4:10-27
One or two sentences stand out in this section, demanding special
attention. _The path of the just, etc_., Proverbs 4:18. We may compare
this beautiful... 
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                        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... 
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                        My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let
them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine
heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to al... 
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                        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... 
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                        MY SON, ATTEND TO MY WORDS,.... Which go before and which follow
after, his doctrines, instructions, cautions, and exhortations;
INCLINE THINE EAR UNTO MY SAYINGS; stoop and bow the ear; listen
atten... 
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                        My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Ver. 20. _My son, attend to my words._] Still he calls for attention,
as knowing our dulness and fickle headedness. It fared with the
pr... 
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                        My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings, the
admonition and warning going out once more, with a special reference
to the ruinous consequences which the forgetting and ignoring of... 
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                        WARNING AGAINST WICKEDNESS... 
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                        14-27 The way of evil men may seem pleasant, and the nearest way to
compass some end; but it is an evil way, and will end ill; if thou
love thy God and thy soul, avoid it. It is not said, Keep at a d... 
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                        Proverbs 4:20 son H1121 attention H7181 (H8685) words H1697 Incline
H5186 (H8685) ear H241 sayings H561... 
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                        A GENERAL APPEAL TO HEAR HIS WORDS AND SAYINGS, AND INSTRUCTIONS WITH
REGARD TO HIS HEART, MOUTH, EYES AND FEET (PROVERBS 4:20).
Solomon urges those who hear him and read his words to take them to
hea... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        _My son, attend to my words._
DIVINE PRINCIPLES
“The words of wisdom” are the vehicles of those Divine principles
the reception and embodiment of which by man are essential to his
well-being.
I. Th... 
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                        PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 4:20 The commands in vv. Proverbs 4:20 all
encourage making wisdom a vital part of one’s life. HEART in... 
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                        CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 4:22. HEALTH, or “healing.”
PROVERBS 4:23. “Above all other watching, keep thy heart,” some
read: “Keep thy heart with all (kinds of) keeping.”
_Issues_—“currents,” “outgoi... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        Isaiah 55:3; Matthew 17:5; Proverbs 5:1; Proverbs 6:20; Proverbs 6:21; 
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                        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...