Bible Commentaries

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 4

Verse 1

A father - Of me, who have paternal authority over you and affection for you.


Verse 3

Tender - Young and tender in years, and tenderly educated. Only beloved - Beloved above all the rest.


Verse 4

Said - The following verses, at least as far as the tenth verse, are the words of David.


Verse 7

With all - Even with the price of all.


Verse 8

Exalt - Let her have thine highest esteem and affection.


Verse 9

Grace - A beautiful ornament, such as they used to put upon their heads.


Verse 16

For - They cannot sleep with quietness.


Verse 17

For - Wickedness is as pleasant to them as their bread.


Verse 18

But - Just men daily grow in knowledge, and grace, and consolation, 'till all be perfected and swallowed up in glory.


Verse 19

Darkness - Full of ignorance and error, of uncertainty and confusion, of danger and misery.


Verse 23

Heart - Thy thoughts, will, and affections. For - From thence proceed all the actions, as of the natural, so of the spiritual life, which lead to eternal life.


Verse 24

Mouth - All sorts of sinful words.


Verse 25

Right on - Direct all thine actions to a right end, and keep thy mind fixed upon that way which leads to it, and neither look or turn aside to the right - hand or the left.


Verse 26

Ponder - Consider thine actions before thou dost them, and see that they agree with the rule. And - Let thine actions be uniformly and constantly good in spite of all temptations.

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