1. First admonitory discourse. Warning against enticements to robbery and bloodshed.
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Proverbs 1:8-19
The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 1:8-19
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 1:1-33EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 1:7-9Fools are persons who have no true wisdom, who follow their own devices, without regard to reason, or reverence for God. Children are reasonable creatures, and when we tell them what they must do, we must tell them why.…Matthew HenrycommentaryParental AdmonitionsPARENTAL ADMONITIONS. Solomon, having undertaken to teach a young man knowledge and discretion, here lays down two general rules to be observed in order thereunto, and those are, to fear God and honour his parents, whic…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 1:8My son, hear the instruction of thy father. The transition in this verse from what may be regarded as filial obedience towards God to filial obedience towards parents is suggestive of the moral Law. The same admonition,…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 1:9For they (shall be) an ornament of grace unto thy head. The sentiment here expressed is put forward as an inducement to youth to observe obedience towards the instruction of the father and the law of the mother, and the…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 1:10-19Wicked people are zealous in seducing others into the paths of the destroyer: sinners love company in sin. But they have so much the more to answer for. How cautious young people should be! “Consent thou not.” Do not sa…Matthew HenrycommentaryParental AdmonitionsPARENTAL ADMONITIONS. Here Solomon gives another general rule to young people, in order to their finding out, and keeping in, the paths of wisdom, and that is to take heed of the snare of bad company. David's psalms beg…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice thee. (As to the form of address, see Proverbs 1:8.) It is here used because the writer is passing to a warning against bad company, and hence the term is emphatic, and intended to call especia…Joseph S. Exell and contributors