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Verse Proverbs 1:2. _TO KNOW WISDOM_] That is, this is the design of
parabolical writing in _general_; and the _particular_ aim of the
present work.
This and the two following verses contain the int...
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The writer’s purpose is to educate. He is writing what might be
called an ethical handbook for the young, though not for the young
only. Of all books in the Old Testament, this is the one which we may...
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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...
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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....
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TO KNOW. For discerning. So in verses: Proverbs 1:3; Proverbs 1:4;
Proverbs 1:6.
WISDOM. Hebrew. _chokmah._ There are six words rendered "wisdom" in
this book.
(1) _chokmah,_ rendered "wisdom" except...
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_To know_ The construction in this and the following clauses is
elliptical: _The proverbs … to know, to discern, to receive, to
give_; i.e. the proverbs of which the purpose is that men may know,
disc...
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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...
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TO KNOW WISDOM—TO PERCEIVE— _To give the knowledge of wisdom—the
perception of,_ &c. and so on. The first six verses contain the
author's design; wherein he uses several synonymous words to express
th...
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CHAPTER 1
TEXT Proverbs 1:1-9
1.
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
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To know wisdom and instruction;
To discern the words of understanding;
3.
To receive instruction in...
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To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of
understanding;
TO KNOW WISDOM - depending on Proverbs 1:1. The proverbs of Solomon
are designed that all may by them know wisdom.
AND INST...
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1:2 instruction; (i-5) 'Wisdom' here and in ver. 7 is _ chokmah_ .
'Instruction' means also, 'correction,' 'warning,' 'discipline,' Job
36:10 ....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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TO KNOW. — That is, they are written that one may know. The writer
in this and the following verses heaps up synonyms with which to bring
out the wide purpose of the instruction he offers.
WISDOM (_ch...
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לָ דַ֣עַת חָכְמָ֣ה וּ מוּסָ֑ר לְ֝
הָבִ֗ין
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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...
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“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...
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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;...
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To know wisdom (a) and instruction; to perceive the words (b) of
understanding;
(a) That is, what we ought to know and follow, and what we ought to
refuse.
(b) Meaning, the word of God in which is t...
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_To know. This is the design of these parables. (Calmet) --- They tend
to instruct both the unexperienced and the wise, ver. 5. There are
three sorts of wisdom: the divine, which is God himself; (chap...
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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...
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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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TO KNOW WISDOM AND INSTRUCTION,.... That is, these proverbs were made,
and written, and published, to make known or to teach men wisdom and
knowledge; not only in things moral, and therefore these pro...
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To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of
understanding;
Ver. 2. _To know wisdom._] That is, To give others to know; to wise
them, as in Daniel 12:3; to give the knowledge of salvation...
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_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...
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to know, to become most intimately acquainted with, WISDOM AND
INSTRUCTION, the latter word referring to education, moral training,
the practical Bide of wisdom, by which it finds its application in
e...
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THE TITLE AND THE INTRODUCTION...
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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...
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TO KNOW; written to help men to know thoroughly and practically.
WISDOM; both human wisdom, to conduct our affairs in this life, which
divers of the following proverbs do; and especially Divine wisdom...
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Proverbs 1:2 know H3045 (H8800) wisdom H2451 instruction H4148
perceive H995 (H8687) words H561 understanding H998...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of
understanding._
WISDOM AND INSTRUCTION
Wisdom is here taken for the theoretical part, to know the truth of
things, as appears by the oppositi...
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_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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 3:9; 2 Timothy 3:15; Deuteronomy 4:5; Deuteronomy 4:6;...
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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...
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To know — Written to help men to know throughly and practically.
Both human wisdom to conduct our affairs in this life, and Divine
wisdom. Instruction — The instructions delivered either by God, or
me...