Proverbs 8:33
Sh'ma ·Hear obey· instruction, and be wise. 2 Don’t refuse it. 1
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In The King James Version
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
In Context
32“Now therefore, my sons, sh'ma ·hear obey· unto me, 2 for blessed are those who keep my ways. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 1:2to know wisdom and instruction; 2 to discern the words of understanding; 1
Proverbs 1:8My son, sh'ma ·hear obey· your father’s instruction, 2 and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: 1
Proverbs 4:1Sh'ma ·Hear obey·, sons, to a father’s instruction. 2 Pay attention and know understanding; 1
Isaiah 55:1+ 55:1 (1-2) MP: By quotation, Messiah is declaring himself a parallel Feast Day fulfillment. “Every one come who is thirsty” (John 7:37-39) is applied Messiah’s ministry. (John 7:37-39; Rev 22:17) Culture Note: By quoting the first lines of this chapter, Messiah is referencing the entire chapter (as was a common custom of rabbis of his day because all Jews memorized the whole of Bible books), therefore the entire chapter is used to allude to his Messianic claim and be as a witness to this prophetic fulfillment. By quoting this passage, the Messiah applied the Tabernacles Water Pouring ceremony and the intention of the ceremony to himself and to the effusion and permeation of the Holy Spirit (Is 44:3). The Holy Spirit is promised to be given by Messiah and even accompanying His ministry. Bishop Lowth, in 1846, quoted an undefined passage in Jerusalem Talmud, concluding that the song in (Num 21:16-18) is to be sung in the times of the Messiah, possibly at this ceremony. The water is said to be “drawn from the wells of salvation” (Is 12:3), signifying the influences of the Holy Spirit to be given in the days of Messiah. “Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! + 55:1. Quoted in John 7:37; Rev 22:17 2 Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! 2 Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. + 55:1. Quoted in Rev 21:6, 22:17 1
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 8:33-36
Wisdom's Exhortation. 32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. 33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. 34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. 35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord . 36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. We have here the application of Wisdom's discourse; the design and tendency of it is to… Read the whole commentary →