Proverbs 3:7
What meaning of the proverbs 3:7 in the Bible?
What does Proverbs 3:7 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil."
What does Proverbs 3:7 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil."
The great hindrance to all true wisdom is the thought that we have already attained it....
CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The call and promise of wisdom (Proverbs 3:1)_ 2. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom (Proverbs 3:11) 3. Promise and instruction (Proverbs 3:21) Proverbs 3:1. The call to obedience...
FOURTH Discourse. The sage exhorts the young man to heed his oral instruction (_torah),_ and to trust in Yahweh, fear Him, and honour Him in the prescribed manner of firstfruits. It is interesting to...
BE NOT WISE, &C. Illustrations: Ahab (1Ki 22:30, 1 Kings 22:34; 1 Kings 22:35); Jeroboam (1Ki 12:26-33. 1 Kings 13:33; 1 Kings 13:34. Asa (1 Kings 15:19); Ben-hadad (1 Kings 20:10; 1 Kings 20:11); quo...
Fourth Address. Chap. Proverbs 3:1-10 Be obedient to my instruction, so shalt thou live long and prosper (Proverbs 3:1). Trust, not in thyself, but in God (Proverbs 3:5). Seek His direction (Proverbs...
BE NOT WISE IN THINE OWN EYES, &C.— He employs all his authority, and all his eloquence, to exhort us to search after wisdom; but he would not by any means that we should be wise in our own eyes: he w...
CHAPTER 3 TEXT Proverbs 3:1-12 1. My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: 2. For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee. 3. Let not kind...
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. BE NOT WISE IN THINE OWN EYES (): FEAR THE LORD, AND DEPART FROM EVIL. Do not think so highly of thine own wisdom as to think tho...
THE BLESSINGS OF OBEDIENCE AND OF CHASTISEMENT The first and third divisions, 1-10, 21-35, are exhortations to good conduct and promises of consequent blessing. The second, 11-20, declares the profit...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 3 V1 My son, do not forget my law. Keep my commands in your heart. V2 My commands will bring you long life. They will bring you wealth....
FEAR THE LORD, AND DEPART FROM EVIL. — The same result is reached by Job also (Proverbs 28:28) in his inquiry after wisdom....
אַל ־תְּהִ֣י חָכָ֣ם בְּ עֵינֶ֑יךָ יְרָ֥א אֶת ־יְ֝הוָ֗ה וְ ס֣וּר מֵ רָֽע׃...
CHAPTER 4 THE EARTHLY REWARDS OF WISDOM Proverbs 3:1 THE general teaching of these nine introductory Chapter s is that the "ways of Wisdom are pleasantness, and all her paths are peace." We are taug...
THE RESULTS OF TRUSTING JEHOVAH Proverbs 3:1-12 How replete with helpful instruction on the policy of life is this paragraph! The _young_ of both sexes are invited to be merciful in their judgments...
As the former address had to do with the search for wisdom, this, in view of the value of if is an appeal to cultivate wisdom. The appeal consists of a declaration of its essence (verses Pro 3:1-10),...
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine...
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...
BE NOT WISE IN THINE OWN EYES,.... So as to act independently of God; not to trust in him, nor acknowledge him, nor seek to him for help and direction; nor ask nor take the advice of others; but, bein...
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. Ver. 7. _Be not wise in thine own eyes._] _Bis desipit qui sibi sapit._ He is two fools that is wise in his own eyes. This δοκησισο...
_Be not wise in thine own eyes_ Be not puffed up with a vain conceit of thine own wisdom, as if that were sufficient for the conduct of all thine affairs, without direction and assistance from God, or...
OBEDIENCE, FAITH, AND LIBERALITY URGED...
7-12 There is not a greater enemy to the fear of the Lord in the heart, than self-conceit of our own wisdom. The prudence and sobriety which religion teaches, tend not only to the health of the soul,...
BE NOT WISE IN THINE OWN EYES; be not puffed up with vain conceit of thine own wisdom, as if that were sufficient for the conduct of all thine affairs without direction or assistance from God, or with...
Proverbs 3:7 wise H2450 eyes H5869 Fear H3372 (H8798) LORD H3068 depart H5493 (H8798) evil H7451 Be - Proverbs 26:12; Isaiah 5:21; Romans 11:25, Romans 12:16 fear -...
INTRODUCTORY EXHORTATION FOLLOWED BY THE REQUIREMENT TO TRUST IN YHWH, TO FEAR YHWH AND TO HONOUR YHWH (PROVERBS 3:1). Solomon here speaks of wisdom and understanding in terms of ‘my torah -- my comma...
FEAR Also; (Proverbs 2:5). (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
Proverbs 3:7 I. The text may be paraphrased and expanded thus: God has taught you by various ways by your own experience and that of others; above all, by the warnings of conscience and the voice of...
CONTENTS: The power of true wisdom to make men both blessed and a blessing. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: Those who have a continual regard to God's precepts and put themselves unde...
Proverbs 3:2. _Length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee._ The premature death denounced against the profligate, and the victims of the harlot, shall be far from thy dwelling. T...
_My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments._ USEFUL PRECEPTS AND INSPIRING MOTIVES I. To remember and keep in our hearts the things written in this book (Proverbs 3:1). Int...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 3:8. NAVEL, “body” or “muscles.” MARROW, literally “refreshing,” “moistening,” in contrast to the condition described in Psalms 32:3. PROVERBS 3:11. DESPITE NOT, or “loathe...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 3:1 4. _Fourth admonitory discourse. _The third chapter introduces us to a group of admonitions, and the first of these (Proverbs 3:1) forms the fourth admonitory discourse of the...
Chapter 3 continues to My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments: For length of days, long life, peace, shall they add to thee (Proverbs 3:1-2). Now these are the three. And...
Ecclesiastes 12:13; Isaiah 5:21; Job 1:1; Job 28:28; Nehemiah 5:15; Proverbs 14:27; Proverbs 16:6; Proverbs 26:12; Psalms 34:11; Romans 1
LEST WE FORGET Proverbs 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Proverbs speaks several times of the danger of forgetting God and His Commandments. We are firmly convinced that herein is a danger that w...