![]() ![]() Now a wise man will hear, and will increase his learning a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: To understand a proverb, and the interpretation the words of the wise, and their dark sayings ( Proverbs 1:3-6 ). To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, judgment, and equity To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. And the purpose of the proverb is to know wisdom, to receive instruction. In little words of contrast or in such a way picturesque or compared to, so that they really fix themselves in your mind. To know wisdom and instruction to perceive the words of understanding ( Proverbs 1:2 ) įor the most part, they are put in such a way as they can fasten their selves upon your memory. So these proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, the king of Israel. ![]() People came from all over the world to sit and to hear his wisdom, as he would expound on plants and animals and things of this nature. He wrote books on biology, zoology, and many different fields. We'll get to that a little bit more as we get down to verse Proverbs 1:7. A man who had everything in life that anybody could possibly wish for, and yet cried out against the emptiness and frustration of life, because he did not continue in wisdom. He did not follow after wisdom and we see the tragic results of it as is reflected in his writing of the book of Ecclesiastes, a man who had everything and yet had nothing. It's sort of ascribed or defined, "To my son." And he did not even follow his own advice. Unfortunately, in Solomon's later years, he did not really follow his own counsels and advice that he had given here to his son in the first eight chapters. I will give to you wealth and honor and glory." And so the scripture said that God gave wisdom unto Solomon. ![]() And when Solomon became king, God said unto Solomon, "Ask of Me what you will." And Solomon prayed unto the Lord and said, "Lord, I ask You that You would give me wisdom in governing over these Your people." And so the Lord said unto Solomon, "Inasmuch as you did not ask for fame or riches or honor, but you asked for wisdom, I will grant unto you that which you have asked, but I will also give to you that which you did not ask. It was at that point one of the strongest kingdoms in the world. When Solomon first came into the throne of his father David, the kingdom of Israel had come really to the zenith of its glory, of power. The Proverbs of Solomon the son of David, the king of Israel ( Proverbs 1:1 ) The first six verses are sort of a preface to the book, as authors many times write a preface to their work. Shall we turn in our Bibles tonight to Proverbs, chapter 1. "To the Israelite's mind, no signs or badges of joy or glory were higher in worth than the garland around the head, or the gold chain around the neck, worn by kings and their favorites ( Genesis 41:42 Daniel 5:29)." The meaning of this is that there is a loving grace that rests upon respectful and obedient children which is comparable to the highest honor that even kings may pay to their favorites. and chains about thy neck" ( Proverbs 1:9). Despite the fact that "Time and chance happen unto all men," many a man, including this writer, can bear witness of God's truth in these magnificent promises. The sacred promise of God himself to obedient children is length of life and a condition of well-being. "My son, hear the instruction of thy father,įor they shall be a chaplet of grace unto thy head,Įphesians 6:1-4 incorporates this proverb into the gospel of the Son of God and any society that tolerates and encourages the disrespectful and disobedient behavior of children toward their parents will invariably reap bitter fruits of it. The wise man says in effect to every child, "Be obedient to thy mother within, and carefully attend to the instructions of thy father, that thou mayest the better see the reasons of obedience and learn from him how thou art to get thy bread honestly in the world." The mother - she is constantly within doors, and to her the regulation of the family belongs therefore she has and gives laws. The father occasionally gives instruction but he is not always in the family, many of those occupations which are necessary for the family support being carried on abroad. In vain do parents give good advice if their own conduct be not consistent. It is supposed that these parents have, themselves, the fear of the Lord, and that they are capable of giving the best counsel to their children, and that they set before them a strict example of all godly living. But here the reference appears to be to the children of a family the father and the mother have the principal charge, in the first instance, of their children's instruction. My son, hear - Father was the title of preceptor, and son, that of disciple or scholar, among the Jews. ![]()
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