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Proverbs 2:2

thine heart For the wide meaning of this word in Holy Scripture see Delitzsch, Biblical Psychology, Section xii: "According to thorough investigation and evidence of Scripture in all its parts, the heart is the internal centre of the natural condition of man, in which the threefold life of man blends together." "It is the centre of the bodily life," "of the spiritual psychical life" (including "will and desire," "thought and conception"), and of "the moral life."

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See also Proverbs 2:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    INCLINE THINE EAR. hearken. Hebrew prick up or point thine ear. Not the same word as in Proverbs 2:18. WISDOM. Hebrew. _chokma._ See note on Proverbs 1:2. AND APPLY. [then] thou shalt incline or bend...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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....

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; SO THAT THOU INCLINE THINE EAR UNTO WISDOM, (AND) APPLY THINE HEART TO UNDERSTANDING. The ear is the avenue to th...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The HEART in OT. is the seat of the intellect....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 2 V1 My son, accept my words! Hide my commands inside yourself! v2

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לְ הַקְשִׁ֣יב לַֽ † חָכְמָ֣ה אָזְנֶ֑ךָ תַּטֶּ֥ה...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply (b) thine heart to understanding; (b) If you give yourself to the true knowledge of God without hypocrisy....

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SO THAT THOU INCLINE THINE EAR UNTO WISDOM,.... Hearken to Wisdom, that is, Christ; or rather to the instruction of Wisdom, which is the Gospel; so called, because it is the produce of divine wisdom,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding;_ Ver. 2. _So that thou incline thine ear._] Lie low at God's feet, and say, "Speak, Lord, for thy servant hearet...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, yielding a ready obedience, AND APPLY THINE HEART TO UNDERSTANDING, ready to accept it, to make use of the right discrimination in every situation in life;...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    ADVANTAGES IN ACCEPTING WISDOM...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Give thyself to the study of it with affection and diligence....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 2:2 incline H7181 (H8687) ear H241 wisdom H2451 apply H5186 (H8686) heart H3820 understanding H8394...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 2:1 These verses call the listener or reader to SEEK wisdom diligently. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 17:11; Ecclesiastes 7:25; Ecclesiastes 8:16; Ecclesiastes 8:9;...

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