Proverbs 4:13
What meaning of the proverbs 4:13 in the Bible?
What does Proverbs 4:13 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life."
What does Proverbs 4:13 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life."
Verse Proverbs 4:13. _TAKE FAST HOLD_] החזק _hachazek, seize it strongly_, and keep the hold; and do this as _for life_. Learn all thou canst, retain what thou hast learnt, and keep the reason continu...
The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father. Compare it with 2 Samuel 23:2 etc.; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles 29:17; Psalms 15:1; Psalms 24:1; Psalms 37. Proverbs 4:7 Or, “Th...
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. Solomon's training (Proverbs 4:1)_ 2. Hear, O my son: Receive my sayings (Proverbs 4:10) 3. My son, attend to my words. (Proverbs 4:20) Proverbs 4:1. This passage shows the early tra...
TAKE FAST HOLD. The Hiphils of this clause are emphatic. LET HER NOT GO. do not let her go. SHE. she herself. Emphatic....
TEXT Proverbs 4:10-19 10. Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many. 11. I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness....
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. TAKE FAST HOLD OF INSTRUCTION; LET HER NOT GO: KEEP HER; FOR SHE IS THY LIFE - (; ). Do not be like children, who are m...
ANCESTRAL WISDOM. THE TWO PATHS In Proverbs 4:1 the teacher lays stress on the fact that his instruction is a repetition of his father's. No teaching was thought valuable save that which was handed d...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 4 V1 My sons, listen to your father’s instruction. As you listen to me, you will understand more. V2 My lessons are good. Do not leave the t...
FOR SHE IS THY LIFE. — Comp. 1 John 5:12, “He that hath the Son hath life.”...
הַחֲזֵ֣ק בַּ † מּוּסָ֣ר אַל ־תֶּ֑רֶף נִ֝צְּרֶ֗הָ כִּי ־הִ֥יא חַיֶּֽיךָ׃...
CHAPTER 5 EDUCATION: THE CHILD'S THOUGHT OF THE PARENT "Wisdom doth live with children round her knees." - Wordsworth. "He taught me, and said unto me," etc. Proverbs 4:4 THIS chapter begins with a...
GUIDE-POSTS ON THE WAY OF LIFE Proverbs 4:10-27 One or two sentences stand out in this section, demanding special attention. _The path of the just, etc_., Proverbs 4:18. We may compare this beautifu...
In this chapter there are three addresses. The first is of the nature of personal testimony (verses Pro 4:1-9). The next two are exhortations to fidelity (verses Pro 4:10-27). The father urges his own...
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. When thou goest, thy steps shall not be strait...
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...
TAKE FAST HOLD OF INSTRUCTION,.... Not the law, as Jarchi and Gersom interpret it; but the instruction of wisdom, the doctrine of Christ or the Gospel; see Proverbs 8:1; which is an instruction into t...
Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life. Ver. 13. _Take fast hold of instruction._] _Nam magnum certamen sustines adversus haereticae et epicureos,_ saith a J...
_Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings_ Diligently attend to and imbibe my instructions, as the earth drinks in the rain that drops upon it. _I have taught thee in the way of wisdom_ Either, 1st, The...
ADMONITIONS CONCERNING WISDOM...
1-13 We must look upon our teachers as our fathers: though instruction carry in it reproof and correction, bid it welcome. Solomon's parents loved him, therefore taught him. Wise and godly men, in eve...
The conductor, and preserver, and comfort of thy life....
Proverbs 4:13 hold H2388 (H8685) instruction H4148 go H7503 (H8686) Keep H5341 (H8798) life H2416 Take - Proverbs 3:18, Proverbs 23:23; Acts 2:42, Acts 11:23; 1 The
GOD'S WISDOM TEACHES MEN THE WAY IN WHICH THEY SHOULD GO, A WAY IN WHICH THEY WILL NOT STUMBLE AND WHICH LEADS TO LIFE, THEY ARE THUS TO AVOID THE WAY OF THE WICKED IN WHICH MEN STUMBLE AND WHERE DEAT...
Proverbs 4:13 We come into the real school-life when we have left school. Duty is twofold: duty to do, duty to endure. We have the tasks of the school to do, and the discipline of the school to bear....
CONTENTS: Earnest exhortation to the study of true wisdom. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: True wisdom from God is the principle thing. It is that which recommends us to God, which be...
Proverbs 4:1. _Hear, ye children,_ a Hebraism, equivalent to wash, cleanse, and purify your ears. A grateful son here recites the domestic piety of an illustrious father. David talked much with his ch...
_Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life._ THE HOLD-FAST RELIGION Faith may be well described as taking hold upon Divine instruction. To take “fast hold” is an e...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 4:10 This passage gives one of the main teachings of Proverbs 1:1: the doctrine of the two ways. Everyone has a choice between entering the way of wisdom and the way of folly...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 4:8. EXALT or “esteem.” PROVERBS 4:9. Last clause, or “she shall compass thee with a crown of glory.” PROVERBS 4:10. As is all other instances (see Notes on Chap. Proverbs...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 4:1 7. _Seventh admonitory discourse. _We here enter upon the second group of admonitory discourses, as is indicated by the opening address, "my children," and which occurs again...
Continuing to his son. Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend that you might know understanding. For I give you good doctrine, don't forsake my law. For I was my father's son, ten...
1 Thessalonians 5:21; Acts 11:23; Acts 2:42; Deuteronomy 32:47; Ecclesiastes 7:12; Genesis 32:26; Hebrews 2:1; John 4:39; John 6:68; L
SACRED EXHORTATIONS Proverbs 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is well, now and then, to step aside and consider what God has to say to young men and women; as well as to consider what He says to their fat...