Proverbs 2:7

He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. HE LAYETH UP SOUND WISDOM FOR THE RIGHTEOUS. "He layeth up" as a "hid treasure," in order to call forth sedulous "searching" on our part (Proverbs 2:4). "Sound wisdom" [ tuwshiyaah (H8454)] - literally, essence, real being; hence, essential, substantial - i:e., real solid wisdom, as contrasted with the vanities of worldly science, gain, and pleasure, which are not substantial, and have no stability, solidity, or permanence (cf. Proverbs 8:14). "The righteous" - Hebrew [ yªshaariym (H3477)], the upright. It is not for all, but...

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 seek, and they shall find it; let them ask, and it shall be given them. Observe who are thus favoured. They are the righteous, on whom the image of God is renewed, which consists in righteousness. If we depend upon God, and seek to him for wisdom, he will enable us to keep the paths of judgment....

Verse Proverbs 2:7. _HE LAYETH UP SOUND WISDOM_] תושיה _tushiyah_. We have met with this word in Job; see Job 5:12; Job 6:13; Job 11:6; Job 12:16. _See especially Clarke's note on "_Job 11:6_"_, where the different acceptations of the word are given. _Coverdale_ translates, "He preserveth the welfare of the righteous." It is difficult to find, in any language, a term proper to express the original meaning of the word; its seems to mean generally the _essence_ or _substance_ of...

SOUND WISDOM - “Soundness,” an idea which passes on into that of health and safety. Compare “sound doctrine” in 1 Timothy 1:10; 2 Timothy 4:3....

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 parts. (1) Proverbs 2:1 : a statement of the conditions which, if fulfilled, result in the highest knowledge of Jehovah—the fear of Jehovah and the knowledge of God, who is the Source of wisdom and the Protection and Ensurer of safety to the righteous. (2) Proverbs 2:10 : the negatively beneficial results of Wisdom, in delivery from the paths of evil, from destructive lusts and passions, from the temptations of wicked men and wicked

HE LAYETH UP SOUND WISDOM FOR THE RIGHTEOUS,.... In order to give it to them that seek for it; which is another encouragement to search after it. By "sound wisdom" may be meant, not the law, as Kimchi and Ben Melech; so called, because it endures for ever, when all beings are defective and come to nothing; but the Gospel, which is sound doctrine, pure and not corrupt; true and real wisdom, in opposition to that which has only the show of wisdom, and is science falsely so called; and this was hid in God, in Christ, and laid up as a treasure in the sacred Scriptures: or else the true grace of God, in distinction from that which is counterfeit; and is that goodness of his, which he has laid up in his heart, and in the covenant of his grace; and the fulness of grace which he has laid up in Christ for them Psalms 31:19; or eternal glory and happiness. The word here used signifies "essence", ...

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) Proverbs 2:1 This second chapter of divine instructions begins with an exhortation to pursue after Wisdom. The sayings of Wisdom, that is the Word of the Lord, must be received, laid up, the ear must incline to hear them, the heart must be applied to understanding. In verse 3 mention is made of prayer. There must be crying after knowledge and for understanding and that must be followed by seeking and searching. If the

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 knowledge of God is the supreme good. PROVERBS 2:1. If the young man hearkens to wisdom, prizes it above all other gain, he will acquire the true knowledge of God. Yahweh alone gives wisdom, and He gives it only to the upright. PROVERBS 2:5. The phrase knowledge of God occurs in the OT only here and in Hos. Also Elohim only occurs elsewhere in Pr. in Proverbs 2:17; Proverbs 3:4;...

HE LAYETH UP. Same word as "hide" in Proverbs 2:1. The wicked cannot find. The righteous must dig. It is in safety from the enemy. SOUND WISDOM. something stable. Hebrew. _tushiyah =_ that which is, or stability. May be so rendered in all its twelve occurrences. Compare Job 5:12 (enterprise. anything stable); Proverbs 6:13 (wisdom. stability); Proverbs 11:6; Proverbs 12:16 (wisdom. stability); Proverbs 26:3;...

_layeth up_ Lit. _hideth_, as a treasure too precious to be left exposed, therefore it must be searched for (Proverbs 2:4). But he layeth it up _for_, not _from_, the upright; therefore the search shall be successful (Proverbs 2:5). He is _a buckler_ So R.V. except, instead of _buckler_, more accurately, _shield_, the smaller weapon. The rendering, And _a shield_, R.V. marg.; or better, which (sc. wisdom) is _a shield_, is admissible, and is supported by such passages as Ecclesiastes 7:12; Ephesians 6:16, where wisdom and faith are compared to a shield. But the frequent compariso