To the Israelite’s mind no signs or badges of joy or glory were higher in worth than the garland around the head, the gold chain around the neck, worn by kings and the favorites of kings Genesis 41:42; Daniel 5:29.
Verse Proverbs 1:9. _AN ORNAMENT OF GRACE UNTO THY HEAD, AND CHAINS_] That is, filial respect and obedience will be as ornamental to thee as _crowns, diadems_, and golden chains and pearls are to othe...
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....
THEY: i.e. instruction and law. ORNAMENT. garland. NECK. Showing cheerful and willing obedience, in contrast with stiffneckedness (Exodus 32:9) and pride (Isaiah 3:16). See also Genesis 41:42....
First Address. Chap. Proverbs 1:8-19 Proverbs 1:8. In these two verses the writer passes to direct appeal. The form of appeal, _My son_, which is continually repeated throughout these opening Chapter...
_ornament_ Rather, CHAPLET, R.V. στέφανον, LXX. See Proverbs 4:9, where the same phrase _chaplet of grace_occurs, with _crown of glory_, as its equivalent in the parallel clause of the verse. _chains_...
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...
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. FOR THEY (SHALL BE) AN ORNAMENT OF GRACE UNTO THY HEAD, AND CHAINS ABOUT THY NECK - "an ornament" ( liwªyat (H3880)) -...
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...
Read, 'a chaplet of grace.' At banquets the heads of the guests were crowned with garlands. CHAINS] cp. Genesis 41:42; Daniel 5:29....
In Solomon’s time, both parents educated their children. It is good when children can learn from both parents. We should listen to wisdom. Wisdom is beautiful, and it is valuable. To possess it is li...
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...
ORNAMENT OF GRACE. — Given by Wisdom. (Comp. Proverbs 4:9.) CHAINS ABOUT THY NECK. — The reward of Joseph (Genesis 41:42) and of Daniel (Daniel 5:29)....
כִּ֤י ׀ לִוְיַ֤ת חֵ֓ן הֵ֬ם לְ רֹאשֶׁ֑ךָ וַ֝
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;...
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. My son, if sinners entice thee, cons...
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...
FOR THEY [SHALL BE] AN ORNAMENT OF GRACE UNTO THY HEAD,.... The instructions and laws of parents being attended unto and obeyed by children, render them more lovely and amiable than any beautiful orna...
_For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck._ Ver. 9. _For they shall be an ornament._] "A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine." Ecc 8:1 _Tum pietate gravem,...
_My son_, &c. He speaks to his scholars with paternal authority and affection, to render them more attentive and obedient. Teachers among the Hebrews were commonly called _fathers_, and their scholars...
for they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, a lovely wreath, or diadem, adorning the head, AND CHAINS ABOUT THY NECK, the teachings of wisdom being like a necklace of pearls imparting grace...
A FUNDAMENTAL TRAIT OF WISDOM IS THE AVOIDANCE OF WICKEDNESS...
AN ORNAMENT: _ Heb._ an adding...
7-9 Fools are persons who have no true wisdom, who follow their own devices, without regard to reason, or reverence for God. Children are reasonable creatures, and when we tell them what they must do,...
This will make thee amiable and honourable in the sight of God and of men; whereas the forsaking of those good counsels will make thee contemptible....
Proverbs 1:9 graceful H2580 ornament H3880 head H7218 chains H6060 neck H1621 they - Proverbs 3:22,...
DISCOURSE 1. ADDRESSED TO ‘MY SON'. THOSE WHO SEEK TO WALK IN THE FEAR OF YHWH WILL LISTEN TO THE INSTRUCTION OF GODLY AUTHORITY, AND WILL AVOID THE ENTICEMENTS OF SINNERS MOTIVATED BY GREED. WISDOM I...
PROLOGUE TO THE BOOK (PROVERBS 1:8 TO PROVERBS 9:18). It was common throughout the 3rd to the 1st millenniums BC for collections of wisdom saying to have a prologue preparing for the ‘sayings' that wo...
PROLOGUE TO THE BOOK (PROVERBS 1:8 TO PROVERBS 9:18). It was common throughout the 3rd to the 1st millenniums BC for collections of wisdom saying to have a prologue preparing for the ‘sayings' that wo...
ADDRESSED TO ‘MY SON'. THOSE WHO SEEK TO WALK IN THE FEAR OF YHWH WILL LISTEN TO THE INSTRUCTION OF GODLY AUTHORITY (PROVERBS 1:8). Here in chapter 1 the appeal is a fairly short one, but the writer m...
Proverbs 1:7 Solomon grounds the fear of God, the basis of the whole religious life, upon the duty of obedience to parents. I. It is not mere children to whom he is speaking; he is addressing young...
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...
_For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head._ FILIAL LOVE AN ORNAMENT OF BEAUTY It seems an instinct of humanity to put ornaments upon the person. It does not rank high among the exercises...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 1:8 A Father’s Invitation to Wisdom. This section describes the two paths implied in Proverbs 1:7: the wise (grounded in the fear of the Lord) an
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 1:7. FOOLS, derived from a word meaning to be gross and dull of understanding. Gesenius understands it to signify “one who turns away,” the “perverse.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF...
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 Peter 3:3; 1 Peter 3:4; 1 Timothy 2:10; 1 Timothy 2:9; Daniel 5:16;...
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...