Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Proverbs 3:19
Wisdom — Either by Christ, or by that Divine perfection of wisdom, which is the fountain of wisdom in man.
Wisdom — Either by Christ, or by that Divine perfection of wisdom, which is the fountain of wisdom in man.
Verse Proverbs 3:19. _THE LORD BY WISDOM HATH FOUNDED THE EARTH_] Here wisdom is taken in its proper acceptation, for that infinite knowledge and skill which God has manifested in the creation and co...
Hereto Wisdom has been thought of in relation to men. Now the question comes, What is she in relation to God? and the answer is, that the creative act implies a Divine Wisdom, through which the Divine...
CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The call and promise of wisdom (Proverbs 3:1)_ 2. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom (Proverbs 3:11) 3. Promise and instruction (Proverbs 3:21)...
FOURTH Discourse. The sage exhorts the young man to heed his oral instruction (_torah),_ and to trust in Yahweh, fear Him, and honour Him in the prescribed manner of firstfruits. It is interesting to...
THE LORD BY WISDOM, &C.— See Job 38:4; Job 38:41. The effects which we call natural are the productions of the Creator's sovereign wisdom. Some understand by _the depths broken up,_ the waters of the...
TEXT Proverbs 3:13-26 13. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding. 14. For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, And the profit thereof tha...
The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. THE LORD BY WISDOM HATH FOUNDED THE EARTH; BY UNDERSTANDING HATH HE ESTABLISHED THE HEAVENS. 'Do not mar...
THE BLESSINGS OF OBEDIENCE AND OF CHASTISEMENT The first and third divisions, 1-10, 21-35, are exhortations to good conduct and promises of consequent blessing. The second, 11-20, declares the profit...
It is an additional reason for esteeming her, that creation could not have been accomplished without her....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 3 V1 My son, do not forget my law. Keep my commands in your heart. v
(e)_ Fifth Discourse:_ — _Wisdom as Creator and Protector_ (Proverbs 3:19). (19) THE LORD BY WISDOM... — A passage anticipatory of the doctrine of John 1:3. (Comp. Psalms 104:24;...
יְֽהוָ֗ה בְּ חָכְמָ֥ה יָֽסַד ־אָ֑רֶץ כֹּונֵ֥ן...
CHAPTER 10 TWO VOICES IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE CITY Proverbs 9:1, Proverbs 20:14 with Proberbs 3, and Proverbs 20:16 with Prove
WISDOM'S WAYS OF PLEASANTNESS Proverbs 3:13-26 Wisdom is susceptible of cultivation. It is a _mine_ that needs to be worked with patient toil. Compare Proverbs 3:13-15 with Job 28:18. It is comparab...
As the former address had to do with the search for wisdom, this, in view of the value of if is an appeal to cultivate wisdom. The appeal consists of a declaration of its essence (verses Pro 3:1-10),...
The LORD by wisdom hath (k) founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. (k) By this he shows that this wisdom of which he speaks is everlasting, because it was before all cre...
_Wisdom. Hitherto he had spoken of that virtue. Now he treats of the uncreated wisdom, (Calmet) which is God the Son. (Menochius) (Jansenius) (St. Gregory, Mor. xii. 4.)_...
The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. There is another confirmation...
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...
THE LORD BY WISDOM HATH FOUNDED THE EARTH,.... He has created all things, and made the world by his Son, the Wisdom of God, Ephesians 3:9 Hebrews 1:2; not using him as an instrument; but, he being an...
The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. Ver. 19. _The Lord by wisdom._] By his essential Wisdom, by his Eternal Word; Pro 8:30 the Lord Christ, wh...
_The Lord by wisdom_, &c. From human wisdom, or wisdom attainable by man, of which Solomon had hitherto treated, he now digresses to divine; thereby insinuating that it ought not to seem strange that...
THE HAPPINESS OF POSSESSING TRUE WISDOM...
The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth, by means of His personal, essential wisdom, which He has also revealed in His Word; BY UNDERSTANDING HATH HE ESTABLISHED THE HEAVENS, preparing them with pro...
ESTABLISHED: Or, prepared...
13-20 No precious jewels or earthly treasures are worthy to be compared with true wisdom, whether the concerns of time or eternity be considered. We must make wisdom our business; we must venture all...
BY WISDOM; either, 1. By Christ, the co-essential and co-eternal Wisdom of God the Father. Or, 2. By that Divine perfection of wisdom, which is the fountain of that wisdom that is in man, which Solom...
Proverbs 3:19 LORD H3068 wisdom H2451 founded H3245 (H8804) earth H776 understanding H8394 established H3559 (H8790
YHWH AS CHASTENING FATHER AND WISE CREATOR INCULCATES WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING AS A TREE OF LIFE TO THOSE WHOM HE LOVES (PROVERBS 3:11). The reference to ‘my son' in Proverbs 3:11 (although in the Heb...
CONTENTS: The power of true wisdom to make men both blessed and a blessing. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: Those who have a continual regard to God's precepts and put themselves unde...
Proverbs 3:2. _Length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee._ The premature death denounced against the profligate, and the victims of the harlot, shall be far from thy dwelling. T...
_The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth._ EARTHLY AND HEAVENLY WISDOM There is but one wisdom for God and man. Man’s true wisdom is a pattern of God’s wisdom. A man to prosper in the world must ge...
_Happy is the man that findeth wisdom._ WISDOM I. The pleasures of wisdom. 1. Present happiness. 2. Lasting happiness. II. The preciousness of wisdom (Proverbs 3:14). Many figures are employed to...
_My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments._ USEFUL PRECEPTS AND INSPIRING MOTIVES I. To remember and keep in our hearts the things written in this book (Proverbs 3:1). Int...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 3:19 God has built the principles of WISDOM into the way the world works. Wisdom keeps the world from descending into chaos. Thus, when one lives without integrity, one viola...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 3:20. DEPTHS, &c., “were the floods divided” into rivers and streams for the blessing of man. DEW, or “gentle rain,” or else the clouds signify the lower regions of the atmo...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 3:1 4. _Fourth admonitory discourse. _The third chapter introduces us to a group of admonitions, and the first of these (Proverbs 3:1) forms the fourth admonitory discourse of the...
Chapter 3 continues to My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments: For length of days, long life, peace, shall they add to thee (Proverbs 3:1-2). Now these are the three. And...
Jeremiah 10:12; Jeremiah 51:15; John 1:3; Proverbs 8:27; Psalms 10
SEEKING AFTER WISDOM Proverbs 3:13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The wise man versus the foolish man. Many a man who thinks himself to be wise is a fool. Why? Because he is building his hopes upon the sand....