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Proverbs
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| The subject of this book may be thus stated by an enlargement on the opening verses. 1. The
Proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel. 2. Which treat of the knowledge of wisdom, of
piety towards God, of instruction and moral discipline, of the understanding wise and prudent counsels.
3. Which treat of the attainment of instruction in wisdom, which wisdom is to be shown in the conduct of
life, and consists in righteousness with regard to our fellow-creatures. 4. Which treat of the giving to the
simple sagacity to discover what is right, by supplying them with just principles, and correct views of
virtue and vice; and to the young man knowledge, so that he need not err through ignorance; and
discretion, so that by pondering well these precepts, he may not err through obstinacy. Take the
proverbs of other nations, and we shall find great numbers founded upon selfishness, cunning, pride,
injustice, national contempt, and animosities. The principles of the Proverbs of Solomon are piety,
charity, justice, benevolence, and true prudence. Their universal purity proves that they are the word of
God.
-Matthew Henry's Commentary |