33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
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Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; …
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 32-36)We have here the application of Wisdom’s discourse; the design and tendency of it is to bring us all into an entire subjection to the laws of religion, to make us wise and good, not to fill our heads with speculations, or our tongues with disputes, but to rectify what is amiss in our hearts and lives. In order to this, here is, I. An exhortation to hear and obey the voice of Wisdom, to attend and…
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