proverbs-1:7,-proverbs-9:8-12

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 1:1-33

Proverbs 1:1 . Proverbs, apothegms, parables, sentences, similitudes. The proverbs of a nation are the compressions of wisdom into short maxims, which like the coins of a country worn bare by use, pass from hand to hand, without scruple or fear. The Hebrew word משׁלים mishelim, from משׁל mashal, to rule or govern, signifies a collection of wise sayings for the government of life and conduct. Proverbs 1:2 . To know wisdom. This little volume comes cheap to us, but it cost the king of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 1:1-7

Proverbs 1:1-7The proverbs of Solomon. The Book of Proverbs1. The book does not consist of proverbs entirely. Much of it is the language of pious exhortation and spiritual precept.2. The book contains many worldly precepts. Some have a selfish, secular sound. But--(1) It is well to inquire whether the supposed purely prudential maxim is really so entirely a citizen of this world as it seems to be.(2) It is well to remember that many even of our Saviour’s discourses might seem open to the charge... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 1:7

Proverbs 1:7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. The first rudiments of knowledgeThe fear of the Lord is an abiding and reverent sense of the presence of God and of accountableness to Him: For this to exist God must be that real, personal Being which we have every reason to believe God has revealed Himself to be: such in character, as to love, holiness, and justice, as He has declared Himself in His Word. Why is this fear the beginning of knowledge?1. Because knowledge being the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 1:7

Pro 1:7 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction. Ver. 7. The fear of the Lord is the beginning. ] Or, The chief and principal point a of wisdom, as the word here signified; yea, wisdom itself. Job 28:28 This Solomon had learned by the instruction of his father, as it is in the next verse, who had taught it him of a child, Pro 4:4 Psa 111:10 and therefore sets it here in the beginning of his works as the beginning of all. As in the... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 1:7

fear: Proverbs 9:10, Job 28:28, Psalms 111:10, Psalms 112:1, Ecclesiastes 12:13 beginning: or, principal part but: Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 1:29, Proverbs 1:30, Proverbs 5:12, Proverbs 5:13, Proverbs 15:5, Proverbs 18:2, John 3:18-Ecclesiastes :, Romans 1:28 Reciprocal: Genesis 20:11 - Surely Genesis 22:12 - now Exodus 20:20 - his fear Leviticus 25:17 - fear Leviticus 26:15 - despise Deuteronomy 4:6 - this is your Deuteronomy 32:28 - General 1 Samuel 12:24 - fear the Lord Job 21:14 - for we... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.The fear — Reverence and obedience to God.Beginning — The foundation without which all other knowledge is vain.Fools — That is, wicked men, are so far from attaining true wisdom, that they despise it, and all the means of getting it. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 1:7

7. As the preceding five verses may be regarded as stating the object of the book, so this may be considered as the motto, proposition, or text, which the author places at its head as containing the sum and substance of the whole, and which he designs to prove and illustrate. The fear of the Lord יהוה JEHOVAH is the name commonly applied to the Divine Being in this book; seldom אלהים , ELOHIM God. The Septuagint adds to the first clause of this verse, as if exegetically, “And there is good... read more