Proverbs 9:10

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. THE FEAR OF THE LORD (IS) THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM - repeated from Proverbs 1:7. Having furnished her table, Wisdom shows the viands first, the fear of the Lord. AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HOLY (IS) UNDERSTANDING. "The knowledge of the Holy" is the knowledge of all that is involved in hallowing God's name; knowing experimentally all that tends to our sanctifying the Lord in our hearts and in life. The parallelism to "The fear of the Lord" favours our taking the Hebrew Kedoshim for "the holy God," (Proverbs 30:3; note, Hosea 11:12, margin.) The same plural...

1-12 Christ has prepared ordinances to which his people are admitted, and by which nourishment is given here to those that believe in him, as well as mansions in heaven hereafter. The ministers of the gospel go forth to invite the guests. The call is general, and shuts out none that do not shut out themselves. Our Saviour came, not to call the righteous, but sinners; not the wise in their own eyes, who say they see. We must keep from the company and foolish pleasures of the ungodly, or we never can enjoy the pleasures of a holy life. It is vain to seek the company of wicked men in the hope of doing them good; we are far more likely to be corrupted by them. It is not enough to forsake the foolish, we must join those that walk in wisdom. There is no true wisdom but in the way of religion, no true life but in the end of that way. Here is the happiness of those that embrace it. A man cannot...

Verse Proverbs 9:10. _THE FEAR OF THE LORD_] See on Proverbs 1:7. The knowledge of the holy; קדשים _kedoshim_, of the holy ones: _Sanctorum_, of the saints. - _Vulgate_. βουλη αγιων, the counsel of the holy persons....

THE HOLY - The word in the Hebrew is plural, agreeing, probably, with אלהים _'elohı̂ym_ understood (so in Proverbs 30:3). The knowledge of the Most Holy One stands as the counterpart to the fear of Yahweh....

EXPOSITION PROVERBS 9:1 15. _Fifteenth admonitory discourse, _containing in a parabolic form an invitation of Wisdom (Proverbs 9:1), and that of her rival Folly (Proverbs 9:13). The chapter sums up in brief the warnings of the preceding part. PROVERBS 9:1 Wisdom was represented as having a house at whose portals persons waited eagerly for admission (Proverbs 8:34); the idea is further carried on. WISDOM HATH BUILDED HER HOUSE. (For the plural form of khoc

THE FEAR OF THE LORD [IS] THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM,.... This shows who the wise men are, and in what true wisdom lies; no man is wise till he fears the Lord, and he that does so is a wise man, at least then he begins to be one; this is the principal part of wisdom, Proverbs 1:7; and is at the first of it; it is the beginning of grace; it is the first act of wisdom, or grace; or which appears as soon as a man is converted and caused to know wisdom in the hidden part; as repentance, faith, and love, quickly show themselves in one act or another, so does the fear of God; for the former are never without the latter; for fear is an awe and reverence of the divine Being, joined with love to him, trust in him, and a desire to serve and worship him in a right manner; no sooner is a man converted, but presently there is in him a fear of offending God, from a principle of love to him; for not a sla...

FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...

CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The invitation of Wisdom (Proverbs 9:1)_ 2. The contrast with Folly. (Proverbs 9:13) Proverbs 9:1. The first section of Proverbs closeth with a contrast of Wisdom and Folly, both personified. The one, our Lord, the other under the symbol of a foolish woman. Wisdom sends forth her invitation after her house is built and the feast is spread. It reminds us of the parable of the great supper (Luke 14:1). Here too is the gracious invitation, “Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine which I have mingled.” Prov

PROVERBS 9. THE INVITATIONS OF WISDOM AND FOLLY CONTRASTED. This section closes with a couple of graphic pictures of Wisdom and Folly personified, each bidding for the attention of the passers-by with offers of hospitality. The two pictures, each consisting of six stanzas, are now separated by six stanzas of unconnected proverbs (Proverbs 9:7). PROVERBS 9:1. WISDOM'S INVITATION. The parable of the Great Supper in Matthew 22 and Luke 14 may perhaps be modelled on this passage. Wisdom's house, with its seven pillars, her preparations for the feast, and her message of invitation are described. The appointments imply a city life and setting to the scene, but whether Jewish or Greek is not determined by the details. The pillars, viands, and messengers naturally offer themselves to allegorical inte

THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. THE BEGINNING: not the end. See note on Proverbs 1:7. WISDOM. See note on Proverbs 1:2. THE KNOWLEDGE, &C. Not departing from evil from policy, but hating it (Proverbs 8:13). THE HOLY. the Holy One. (Plural of majesty.) UNDERSTANDING. discernment. See note on Proverbs 1:2....