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Text -- Proverbs 4:11 (NET)

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4:11 I will guide you in the way of wisdom and I will lead you in upright paths.
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

JFB: Pro 4:11-12 - -- Which it prescribes.

Which it prescribes.

JFB: Pro 4:11-12 - -- Literally, "caused thee to tread," as a path (Psa 107:7).

Literally, "caused thee to tread," as a path (Psa 107:7).

JFB: Pro 4:11-12 - -- Have ample room (Psa 18:36).

Have ample room (Psa 18:36).

TSK: Pro 4:11 - -- taught : Pro 4:4; Deu 4:5; 1Sa 12:24; Ecc 12:9 led : Pro 8:6, Pro 8:9, Pro 8:20; Psa 23:3, Psa 25:4, Psa 25:5; Act 13:10

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Pro 4:4-20 - -- The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father. Compare it with 2Sa 23:2 etc.; 1Ch 28:9; 1Ch 29:17; Psa 15:1-5; Psa 24:1-10; Ps. 3...

The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father. Compare it with 2Sa 23:2 etc.; 1Ch 28:9; 1Ch 29:17; Psa 15:1-5; Psa 24:1-10; Ps. 37.

Pro 4:7

Or, "The beginning of wisdom is - get wisdom."To seek is to find, to desire is to obtain.

Pro 4:12

The ever-recurring parable of the journey of life. In the way of wisdom the path is clear and open, obstacles disappear; in the quickest activity ("when thou runnest") there is no risk of falling.

Pro 4:13

She is thy life - Another parallel between personified Wisdom in this book and the Incarnate Wisdom in Joh 1:4.

Pro 4:16

A fearful stage of debasement. Sin is the condition without which there can be no repose.

Pro 4:17

i. e., Bread and wine gained by unjust deeds. Compare Amo 2:8. A less probable interpretation is, "They eat wickedness as bread, and drink violence as wine."Compare Job 15:16; Job 34:7.

Pro 4:18

Shining ... shineth - The two Hebrew words are different; the first having the sense of bright or clear. The beauty of a cloudless sunshine growing on, shining as it goes, to the full and perfect day, is chosen as the fittest figure of the ever increasing brightness of the good man’ s life. Compare the marginal reference.

Pro 4:19

Compare our Lord’ s teaching Joh 11:10; Joh 12:35.

Pro 4:20

The teacher speaks again in his own person.

Poole: Pro 4:11 - -- In the way of wisdom either 1. Which procureth wisdom. Or, 2. Which wisdom directeth thee to walk in.

In the way of wisdom either

1. Which procureth wisdom. Or,

2. Which wisdom directeth thee to walk in.

Gill: Pro 4:11 - -- I have taught thee in the way of wisdom,.... In the way that leads to it, or is concerning it; in the Gospel, which is the wisdom of God in a mystery,...

I have taught thee in the way of wisdom,.... In the way that leads to it, or is concerning it; in the Gospel, which is the wisdom of God in a mystery, the manifold wisdom of God, and which directs to Christ and the knowledge of him, who is true wisdom; this is another reason or argument why the wise man's instructions should be attended to;

I have led thee in right paths; in paths of righteousness, holiness, and truth; in such as are agreeable to the will and word of God, and which lead right on to the city of habitation; and therefore such teachings and leadings should be followed, and such ways walked in.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 4:11 Heb “in the tracks of uprightness”; cf. NAB “on straightforward paths.” Both the verb and the object of the preposition make u...

Geneva Bible: Pro 4:11 I have ( d ) taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. ( d ) Solomon declares what care his father had to bring him up in the...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Pro 4:1-27 - --1 Solomon persuades to wisdom,14 and to shun wickedness.20 He exhorts to sanctification.

Maclaren: Pro 4:10-19 - --The Two Paths 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 le...

MHCC: Pro 4:1-13 - --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, the...

Matthew Henry: Pro 4:1-13 - -- Here we have, I. The invitation which Solomon gives to his children to come and receive instruction from him (Pro 4:1, Pro 4:2): Hear, you children...

Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 4:10-12 - -- There is no reason for the supposition that the warning which his father gave to the poet now passes over into warnings given by the poet himself (H...

Constable: Pro 1:1--9:18 - --I. DISCOURSES ON WISDOM chs. 1--9 Verse one introduces both the book as a whole and chapters 1-9 in particular. ...

Constable: Pro 1:8--8:1 - --B. Instruction for Young People 1:8-7:27 The two ways (paths) introduced in 1:7 stretch out before the r...

Constable: Pro 4:1-27 - --4. Encouragements to obey these instructions ch. 4 "This chapter is comprised of three discourse...

Constable: Pro 4:10-19 - --The two paths 4:10-19 In verses 10-19 two paths again lie before the youth, the way of w...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Proverbs (Book Introduction) THE NATURE AND USE OF PROVERBS.--A proverb is a pithy sentence, concisely expressing some well-established truth susceptible of various illustrations ...

TSK: Proverbs (Book Introduction) The wisdom of all ages, from the highest antiquity, has chosen to compress and communicate its lessons in short, compendious sentences, and in poetic ...

TSK: Proverbs 4 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Pro 4:1, Solomon persuades to wisdom, Pro 4:14, and to shun wickedness; Pro 4:20, He exhorts to sanctification.

Poole: Proverbs 4 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 4 Solomon showeth the excellency of his doctrine, Pro 4:1-4 . His counsel to get wisdom, Pro 4:5,6 , and understanding, Pro 4:7 . The honou...

MHCC: Proverbs (Book Introduction) The subject of this book may be thus stated by an enlargement on the opening verses. 1. The Proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel. 2. ...

MHCC: Proverbs 4 (Chapter Introduction) (Pro 4:1-13) Exhortation to the study of wisdom. (Pro 4:14-27) Cautions against bad company, Exhortation to faith and holiness.

Matthew Henry: Proverbs (Book Introduction) An Exposition, With Practical Observations, of The Proverbs We have now before us, I. A new author, or penman rather, or pen (if you will) made use o...

Matthew Henry: Proverbs 4 (Chapter Introduction) When the things of God are to be taught precept must be upon precept, and line upon line, not only because the things themselves are of great worth...

Constable: Proverbs (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book in the Hebrew Bible is "The Proverbs of Solo...

Constable: Proverbs (Outline) Outline I. Discourses on wisdom chs. 1-9 A. Introduction to the book 1:1-7 ...

Constable: Proverbs Proverbs Bibliography Aitken, Kenneth T. Proverbs. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1986. Alden...

Haydock: Proverbs (Book Introduction) THE BOOK OF PROVERBS. INTRODUCTION. This book is so called, because it consists of wise and weighty sentences, regulating the morals of men; and...

Gill: Proverbs (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PROVERBS This book is called, in some printed Hebrew copies, "Sepher Mishle", the Book of Proverbs; the title of it in the Vulgate ...

Gill: Proverbs 4 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PROVERBS 4 In this chapter Solomon advises to seek after wisdom, to avoid bad company, and to continue in the right paths of goodne...

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