Darby's translation notes (1890)
Proverbs 1:3
1:3 wisdom, (k-6) Sachal , it means 'intelligence,' 'circumspection,' and 'understanding,' as in ch. 3.4, also 'success,' 'good esteem.' see 'succeeded better,' 1 Samuel 18:30 .
1:3 wisdom, (k-6) Sachal , it means 'intelligence,' 'circumspection,' and 'understanding,' as in ch. 3.4, also 'success,' 'good esteem.' see 'succeeded better,' 1 Samuel 18:30 .
Verse Proverbs 1:3. _TO RECEIVE THE INSTRUCTION_] השכל _haskel_, the deliberately _weighing_ of the points contained in the _teaching_, so as to find out their _importance_. _EQUITY_] משרים _meshari...
WISDOM - Not the same word as in Proverbs 1:2; better, perhaps, thoughtfulness. JUSTICE - Rather, righteousness. The word in the Hebrew includes the ideas of truth and beneficence as well as “justice...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS A detailed analysis, as we have made it in other books, cannot be fully made in this collection of proverbs. Most of them are detached and each has a message by itself. To int...
PROVERBS 1-9. FIRST SECTION. THE PRAISE OF WISDOM. Proverbs 1:1. Title, either of the whole book, or of this particular collection. The word for PROVERB, _mâ shâ l,_ has a wide significance _in Heb....
WISDOM. Hebrew. _sakal._ See note on Proverbs 1:2 (No. 5), above....
The Introduction. Chap. Proverbs 1:2-7 The Introduction consists of a statement of the object of the Book (Proverbs 1:2), which is primarily to instruct the young in Wisdom (Proverbs 1:4), but at the...
_the instruction of wisdom_ Rather, _instruction_(or discipline) IN WISE DEALING, R.V. The word is not the same as that rendered _wisdom_in Proverbs 1:2_; Proverbs 1:7_. _justice_ Rather, _righteousne...
TO RECEIVE THE INSTRUCTION— Or, _to learn the discipline._ Schultens paraphrases the clause thus: "To conceive and cherish in the inmost heart, as a heavenly seed, the discipline of perfection, by whi...
CHAPTER 1 TEXT Proverbs 1:1-9 1. The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: 2. To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding; 3. To receive instruction in...
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; TO RECEIVE THE INSTRUCTION OF WISDOM, JUSTICE, AND JUDGMENT, AND EQUITY - "wisdom" [ haskeel (H7919)]; a different Hebrew wo...
The chapter falls into three principal divisions. 1-6. Title and Introduction explaining the object of the whole book, which is to instruct the inexperienced and add to the educated man's knowledge. I...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ ABOUT THE BOOK OF PROVERBS King Solomon ruled the nation of Israel for 40 years. He brought peace and wealth to the nation. Solomon’s workmen built pa...
The wise person honours God, and God protects him. A foolish person refuses to obey God. There are many dangers for such a person. The Book of Proverbs explains these dangers. Solomon tells us about...
TO RECEIVE THE INSTRUCTION OF WISDOM. — To take in, or appropriate, the “discipline” which results in “prudence” (_haskçl_) or practical wisdom; so David “behaved himself wisely” (1 Samuel 18:5). EQU...
לָ֭ קַחַת מוּסַ֣ר הַשְׂכֵּ֑ל צֶ֥דֶק וּ֝ מִשְׁ
CHAPTER 2 THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge."- Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: And the knowledge of the Holy One is understa...
“THE BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE” Proverbs 1:1-19 Notice the perfect balance of each clause, and the duplication of the one thought in the two clauses of each verse. _Wisdom_ as used in this book is more...
The Book of Proverbs is one of the wisdom books of the Hebrew people. Emotionally and fundamentally, wisdom is the fear of God; intellectually, a knowledge of the manifestations of the divine wisdom;...
To receive the (c) instruction of wisdom, (d) justice, and judgment, and equity; (c) To learn to submit ourselves to the correction of those who are wise. (d) By living justly and rendering to every...
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowle...
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...
TO RECEIVE THE INSTRUCTION OF WISDOM,.... Or "prudence" h; of wise and prudent men; and especially of Christ himself, who bears those names, whose instructions this book is full of; and the design of...
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; Ver. 3. _To receive the instruction._] Tertullian calls the Bible (and the Proverbs by a specialty) _nostra digesta,_ from the...
_To know wisdom_ Written to help men to know, thoroughly and practically, both human wisdom, to conduct their affairs properly in this life, and especially divine wisdom, showing them their duty to Go...
to receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity, a training to a reasonable, intelligent condition, to understand what is in agreement with duty and right and uprightness in on...
THE TITLE AND THE INTRODUCTION...
EQUITY: _ Heb._ equities...
1-6 The lessons here given are plain, and likely to benefit those who feel their own ignorance, and their need to be taught. If young people take heed to their ways, according to Solomon's Proverbs, t...
TO RECEIVE THE INSTRUCTION; willingly to receive the counsels of others, which is a good step to wisdom, and a part of it. OF WISDOM; such as is wise, and tends to make men wise and prudent. This is o...
Proverbs 1:3 receive H3947 (H8800) instruction H4148 wisdom H7919 (H8687) Justice H6664 judgment H4941 equity H4339
INTRODUCTION TO THE PROLOGUE (PROVERBS 1:1). The book commences with an introduction which explains its purpose in some depth. Its aim is to pass on ‘the sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of...
Proverbs 1:1 It might seem at first as if no precepts of this kind, drawn from the experience of a social state most unlike our own, could be of much service to us. But much that is true of man at any...
CONTENTS: Wisdom's reasoning with the children of men and the certain ruin of those who turn a deaf ear to Wisdom's call. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son, Wisdom, (Christ). CONCLUSION: Of all thin...
Proverbs 1:1. _Proverbs,_ apothegms, parables, sentences, similitudes. The proverbs of a nation are the compressions of wisdom into short maxims, which like the coins of a country worn bare by use, pa...
_To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment and equity._ JUDGMENT AND EQUITY “Judgment” is used for discerning right from wrong; for the law, manner, or rule of it; for punishment or...
_The proverbs of Solomon._ THE BOOK OF PROVERBS 1. The book does not consist of proverbs entirely. Much of it is the language of pious exhortation and spiritual precept. 2. The book contains many w...
PROVERBS 1:1 Title, Goal, and Motto. After the title (v. Proverbs 1:1), there is an introduction that describes the goal of the whole book (vv....
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 1:2 These verses give the purpose and benefit of the book: it instills wisdom in the reader. The wisdom offered here is practical (INSTRUCTION IN WISE DEALING), intellectual...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 1:1. PROVERBS. See Introduction. PROVERBS 1:2. INSTRUCTION, properly “chastisement,” signifying moral training, admonition, then good habits, the practical side of wisdom....
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 1:1 PART I. THE TITLE AND SUPERSCRIPTION. The superscription of the Proverbs, which extends from verse 1 to verse 6, furnishes us with an epitome in short and concise language of...
Shall we turn in our Bibles tonight to Proverbs, chapter 1. The first six verses are sort of a preface to the book, as authors many times write a preface to their work. The Proverbs of Solomon the so...
1 Kings 3:28; Job 22:22; Proverbs 2:1; Proverbs 8:10; Proverbs 8:11...
THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON Proverbs 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Solomon's great choice. It was in Gibeon that the Lord appeared unto Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, "Ask what I shall give thee...
To receive — Willing to receive the counsels of others. Such as makes men wise and prudent, and to teach just judgments or equity....