7He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
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This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. …
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. …
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)Job had asked, long before this, Where shall wisdom be found? Whence cometh wisdom ? ( Job 28:12 , 20 ) and he had given this general answer (Job 28:23), God knoweth the place of it; but Solomon here goes further, and tells us both where we may find it and how we may get it. We are here told, I. What means we must use that we may obtain wisdom. 1. We must closely attend to the word of God, for tha…
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