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Proverbs 4:10
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8 aExalt her, and she will promote you;
She will bring you honor, when you embrace her. 
9 She will place on your head aan ornament of grace;
A crown of glory she will deliver to you.” 
10 Hear, my son, and receive my sayings,
aAnd the years of your life will be many. 
11 I have ataught you in the way of wisdom;
I have led you in right paths. 
12 When you walk, ayour steps will not be hindered,
bAnd when you run, you will not stumble. 
13 Take firm hold of instruction, do not let go;
Keep her, for she is your life.
14 aDo not enter the path of the wicked,
And do not walk in the way of evil. 
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
Turn away from it and pass on.
16 aFor they do not sleep unless they have done evil;
And their sleep is1 taken away unless they make someone fall. 
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness,
And drink the wine of violence.
18 aBut the path of the just bis like the shining sun,
That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day. 
19 aThe way of the wicked is like darkness;
They do not know what makes them stumble. 
20 My son, give attention to my words;
Incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Do not let them depart from your eyes;
Keep them in the midst of your heart;
22 For they are life to those who find them,
And health to all their flesh.
23 Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of alife. 
24 Put away from you a1 deceitful mouth,
And put perverse lips far from you. 
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead,
And your eyelids look right before you.
Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
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Proverbs 4:4-20

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

Proverbs 4:7

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

Proverbs 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.

Proverbs 4:13

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

Proverbs 4:16

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

Proverbs 4:17

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

Proverbs 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.

Proverbs 4:19

Compare our Lord' s teaching John 11:10; John 12:35.

Proverbs 4:20

The teacher speaks again in his own person.


 
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