Proverbs 1:5
Those who are wise should also pay attention to these proverbs, in order to become more wise, and those who understand these teachings will receive good advice/guidance.
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1 Samuel 25:32David replied to Abigail, “I praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, because he sent you to talk with me.
Job 34:2“You three men who think that you [SAR] are very wise, hear me; listen to what I am saying, you men who say that you know so much.
Job 34:16“So, Job, if you say that you understand everything, listen to what I am saying.
Psalms 119:98Because I know ◄your commands/what you have commanded►, and because I think about them all the time, I have become wiser than my enemies.
Proverbs 9:8Do not rebuke someone who will not allow others to ◄correct him/tell him what he has done is wrong►, because he will hate you for doing that. But if you rebuke a wise person, he will respect you.
Proverbs 12:1Those who want to know what is right to do want to be ◄disciplined/corrected► when they do what is wrong; it is foolish to not want to be ◄corrected/told that what you did is wrong►.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:2-7
Proverbs We have now before us, I. A new author, or penman rather, or pen (if you will) made use of by the Holy Ghost for making known the mind of God to us, writing as moved by the finger of God (so the Spirit of God is called), and that is Solomon; through his hand came this book of Scripture and the two that follow it, Ecclesiastes and Canticles, a sermon and a song. Some think he wrote Canticles when he was very young, Proverbs in the midst of his days, and Ecclesiastes when he was old. In the title of his… Read the whole commentary →