3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
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My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; …
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)We have here an introduction to this book, which some think was prefixed by the collector and publisher, as Ezra; but it is rather supposed to have been penned by Solomon himself, who, in the beginning of his book, proposes his end in writing it, that he might keep to his business, and closely pursue that end. We are here told, I. Who wrote these wise sayings, Prov. 1:1. They are the proverbs of S…
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