Proverbs 4
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Chapter 4
Chapter Overview:
Verses:
An exhortation to the study of wisdom, is forced by various arguments, ver. 1 - 13.
A caution against bad company, ver. 14 - 19.
Directions for the attaining and keeping of wisdom, ver. 20 - 27.
| 4:1 | A father - Of me, who have paternal authority over you and affection for you. |
| 4:3 | Tender - Young and tender in years, and tenderly educated.Only beloved - Beloved above all the rest. |
| 4:4 | Said - The following verses, at least as far as the tenth verse, are the words of David. |
| 4:7 | With all - Even with the price of all. |
| 4:8 | Exalt - Let her have thine highest esteem and affection. |
| 4:9 | Grace - A beautiful ornament, such as they used to put upon their heads. |
| 4:16 | For - They cannot sleep with quietness. |
| 4:17 | For - Wickedness is as pleasant to them as their bread. |
| 4:18 | But - Just men daily grow in knowledge, and grace, and consolation, 'till all be perfected and swallowed up in glory. |
| 4:19 | Darkness - Full of ignorance and error, of uncertainty and confusion, of danger and misery. |
| 4:23 | Heart - Thy thoughts, will, and affections. For - From thence proceed all the actions, as of the natural, so of the spiritual life, which lead to eternal life. |
| 4:24 | Mouth - All sorts of sinful words. |
| 4:25 | Right on - Direct all thine actions to a right end, and keep thy mind fixed upon that way which leads to it, and neither look or turn aside to the right - hand or the left. |
| 4:26 | Ponder - Consider thine actions before thou dost them, and see that they agree with the rule. And - Let thine actions be uniformly and constantly good in spite of all temptations. |