E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom: Proverbs 4:6 tells how to do it. it = her. words = sayings. Hebrew. imrah. See App-73 . read more
Proverbs 4:5-9 Esv
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 4:6
her: i.e. wisdom. preserve = guard. keep = protect, as one protects the apple of one's eye. See note on Proverbs 4:23 . read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom . . . wisdom. Hebrew in four words, "Beginning wisdom get wisdom" = as the principal thing, get wisdom. read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 4:8
when = because. Hebrew. ki. read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 4:9
A crown = A diadem. glory = beauty: i.e. a beautiful diadem. deliver = deliver fully and freely. Hebrew. magan (a rare word). Occurs only in Genesis 14:20 , here, and Hosea 11:8 . read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 4:7
Proverbs 4:7. Wisdom is the principal thing— "As there is no thing comparable to wisdom; so the first step to it is, to know as much, and to prize it accordingly. Begin therefore to be wise, by looking upon the fear of God as above all earthly possessions; and by being willing, if it were necessary, to give all thou art worth to know what is pleasing to him." The reader will find a good comment on this verse in the Book of Wisdom, chap. Proverbs 6:12-17. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 4:5
5. Get—as a possession not to be given up. neither decline—that is, from obeying my word. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 4:6
6. Not only accept but love wisdom, who will keep thee from evil, and evil from thee. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 4:7
7. (Compare :-). getting—or possession; a desire for wisdom is wise. read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 4:1-27
Wisdom the inner guide (4:1-27)The writer further instructs his ‘sons’ by passing on teaching that his own ‘father’ once gave him. The main point of that teaching was that, more than anything else, he was to get wisdom and insight (4:1-5). The first step in getting wisdom is the desire for it. Once obtained, wisdom will bring into the life of the possessor a new measure of security, honour and beauty (6-9).By living according to God’s wisdom, people will have true freedom, and at the same time... read more