Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
To an earnest call for attention to his teachings, the writer adds a commendation of wisdom, preceded and enforced by the counsels of his father and teacher. To this he adds a caution (against the devices of the wicked), and a series of exhortations to docility, integrity, and uprightness. (Pro. 4:1-27)
(Compare Proverbs 1:8).
to know—in order to know.
doctrine—the matter of learning (Proverbs 1:5), such as he had received (Lamentations 3:1).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Proverbs 4:2:
Job 11:4
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