Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Proverbs 3:4
Understanding — Whereby to know thy duty, and to discern between good and evil. Of God — Grace or favour with God, and that understanding which is good in God's sight.
Understanding — Whereby to know thy duty, and to discern between good and evil. Of God — Grace or favour with God, and that understanding which is good in God's sight.
Verse Proverbs 3:4. _SO SHALT THOU FIND FAVOUR_] Thou shalt be acceptable to God, and thou shalt enjoy a sense of his approbation. _AND GOOD UNDERSTANDING_] Men shall _weigh_ thy character and condu...
Compare Luke 2:52. These are the two conditions of true human growth....
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...
UNDERSTANDING. insight. Hebrew. _sekel._ See note on "wisdom" (Proverbs 1:2), No. 6. Not the same word as in Proverbs 3:5. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14....
Fourth Address. Chap. Proverbs 3:1-10 Be obedient to my instruction, so shalt thou live long and prosper (Proverbs 3:1). Trust, not in thyself, but in God (Proverbs 3:5). Seek His direction ...
_favour and good understanding_ Your character will conciliate for you by its two great elements of _mercy and truth_, the two corresponding tributes of good-will and respect. (Comp. 1 Samuel 2:26; Lu...
CHAPTER 3 TEXT Proverbs 3:1-12 1. My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: 2. For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee. 3. Let not kind...
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. SO SHALT THOU FIND FAVOUR AND GOOD UNDERSTANDING IN THE SIGHT OF GOD AND MAN. By keeping "mercy and truth" (Proverbs 3:...
3:4 understanding (i-8) Or 'sense,' 'wisdom,' or 'esteem.' see Note, ch. 1.3....
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...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 3 V1 My son, do not forget my law. Keep my commands in your heart. v
Love and trust should always be with us. As Solomon writes this, he is thinking about Deuteronomy 6:7-9. ‘Teach God’s law to your children. Talk about God’s law at home! Talk about it, when you travel...
FAVOUR AND GOOD UNDERSTANDING. — Particularly noted as distinguishing the childhood of our Lord (Luke 2:52)....
וּ מְצָא ־חֵ֖ן וְ שֵֽׂכֶל ־טֹ֑וב בְּ
CHAPTER 4 THE EARTHLY REWARDS OF WISDOM Proverbs 3:1 THE general teaching of these nine introductory Chapter s is that the "ways of Wisdom are pleasantness, and all her paths are peace." We are taug...
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
THE RESULTS OF TRUSTING JEHOVAH Proverbs 3:1-12 How replete with helpful instruction on the policy of life is this paragraph! The _young_ of both sexes are invited to be merciful in their judgments...
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),...
_Good. Septuagint, "forecast good before the Lord and men." St. Paul seems to allude to this version, Romans xii. 17., and 2 Corinthians viii. 22. (Haydock)_...
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...
SO SHALL THOU FIND FAVOUR,.... Or "grace" i; the grace of God, and larger measures of it; as Noah did, Genesis 6:8; which are communicated to men when in the way of their duty: or good will, esteem, a...
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. Ver. 4. _So shalt thou find favour._] As did Joseph, Moses, David. He was a man after God's own heart, and whatsoever he...
_My son, forget not my law_ My doctrine or counsel; _but let thy heart keep_, &c. By diligent meditation and hearty affection. _For length of days_, &c. God will add these blessings which he hath prom...
So shalt thou find favor, gracious acceptance, AND GOOD UNDERSTANDING, good reputation, good success, IN THE SIGHT OF GOD AND MAN, the good opinion on the part of men corresponding to the favorable ju...
OBEDIENCE, FAITH, AND LIBERALITY URGED...
GOOD UNDERSTANDING: Or, good success...
1-6 In the way of believing obedience to God's commandments health and peace may commonly be enjoyed; and though our days may not be long upon earth, we shall live for ever in heaven. Let not mercy a...
FIND FAVOUR, i.e. obtain acceptance, or be gracious and amiable to them. GOOD UNDERSTANDING; whereby to know thy duty, and to discern between good and evil. The serious practice of religion is an exce...
Proverbs 3:4 find H4672 (H8798) favor H2580 high H2896 esteem H7922 sight H5869 God H430 man H120 shalt
INTRODUCTORY EXHORTATION FOLLOWED BY THE REQUIREMENT TO TRUST IN YHWH, TO FEAR YHWH AND TO HONOUR YHWH (PROVERBS 3:1). Solomon here speaks of wisdom and understanding in terms of ‘my torah -- my comma...
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...
_So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man._ THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE RELIGIOUS LIFE There was a moment in our existence when we committed our first sin; and there...
_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...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 3:1. KEEP. This word, says Miller, primarily means to look _hard at_, and generally to _keep watch over_, as over a vineyard. PROVERBS 3:2. LENGTH OF DAYS, properly “extens...
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...
1 Samuel 2:26; Acts 2:47; Daniel 1:9; Genesis 39:21; Genesis 39:2;...
LEST WE FORGET Proverbs 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Proverbs speaks several times of the danger of forgetting God and His Commandments. We are firmly convinced that herein is a danger that w...