![]() ![]() Seek her as silver: “Refers to silver as mined and smelted, not as a precious metal in its native state.” (Waltke) Apply your heart to understanding: “Attention of body, intention of mind, and retention of memory, are indispensably desired of all wisdom’s scholars such as King Edward VI, who constantly stood up at the hearing of the word, took notes, which he afterwards diligently perused, and wrought the sermon upon his affections by meditation.” (Trapp) The illuminative phrases are ‘cry,’ ‘lift up thy voice,’ ‘seek,’ ‘search.’ All indicate desire, expressing itself in devotion.” (Morgan) “There must be willingness and desire to know (verses Proverbs 2:1-2). The way of wisdom is never revealed to triflers.” (Morgan) “But this search must be serious, strenuous. The one who pursues wisdom in this way will not be disappointed. In these few verses, Solomon described many ways that we must seek after wisdom. This wisdom, discernment, and understanding must be sought out as if it were silver and hidden treasures. ![]() The heart must be applied to understanding. And apply your heart to understanding: This implies effort. But he who has the word of God in his heart, works from his heart his heart goes with him in all things, and he delights to do the will of his heavenly Father, because his law is in his heart.” (Clarke)ī. Treasure my commands within you: “He who has the rule of his duty only in his Bible and in his head, is not likely to be a steady, consistent character his heart is not engaged, and his obedience, in any case, can be only forced, or done from a sense of duty: it is not the obedience of a loving, dutiful child, to an affectionate father. Pastors are charged by God with helping us to grow, but we must make His Word ours, so as to keep it ‘with’ us.” (Phillips) Treasure my commands within you: “God’s intention is that you and I make His wisdom our own. “‘Accept’ is paralleled with ‘store up’, a figure that implies that most teaching cannot be used immediately but that some time will pass before education’s effects are felt.” (Ross) Its starting-point is revelation - specific ( words) and practical ( commandments) its method is not one of free speculation, but of treasuring and exploring received teachings so as to penetrate to their principles.” (Kidner) “The search, strenuous as it must be, is not unguided. Wisdom can never benefit us if it is not received and treasured. Here he continues the teaching, appealing to his son to receive my words and to treasure my commands. My son, if you receive my words: In the first chapter of Proverbs Solomon began to speak to his son, instructing him in the ways of wisdom. Then you will understand the fear of the Lord,Ī. ( Proverbs 2:1-5) The search for wisdom.Īnd lift up your voice for understanding,Īnd search for her as for hidden treasures ![]() “The ‘alphabetic’ poem is a single sentence consisting of 22 verses, matching the number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet, probably to suggest its completeness.” (Bruce Waltke)ġ. ![]()
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