Proverbs 2

Proverbs 2:1

MY son, if thou wilt receive my words, and ide my commandments with thee] Chap. 7. 1.

hide my commandments with thee] That is, keep them in thine heart, as treasure, Psalms 119:11.

Proverbs 2:2

apply thine heart to understanding] If thou give thy self seriously to seek the true knowledge of God without hypocrisie.

Proverbs 2:3

if thou criest after knowledge] It is not enough to be willing to learn wisdom, but we must pray earnestly to God for it, and spare for no cost or labour, whereby it may be obtained.

liftest up thy voice] Heb. givest thy voice.

Proverbs 2:4

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her, as for hid treasures] Matthew 13:44.

Proverbs 2:5

and finde the knowledge of God] He sheweth us, that true wisdom is to know and fear God.

Proverbs 2:6

For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding, 1 Kings 3. 9. James 1:5.

Proverbs 2:7

He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous] God provideth sound wisdom for good men, which is as a buckler to defend them, that they may walk safely in good wayes: and God preserves them therein.

Proverbs 2:8

He keepeth] Heb. To keep.

Proverbs 2:9

Then shalt thou understand righteousnesse, and judgement, and equity; yea, every good path] Chap. 1. 3.

Then shalt thou understand righteousnesse] As wisdom will teach us how to carry our selves well towards God, vers. 5. So likewise towards man, in this verse: For holy hearts are best sitted to understand holy things, Psalms 25:12. John 7:17.

Proverbs 2:11

Discretion shall preserve thee] It shall teach thee how to govern thy self, and to keep thee from sinfull wayes, and dangers thereupon ensuing.

Proverbs 2:13

Who leave the paths of uprightnesse] The right wayes prescribed in Gods word, which is the onely light, they leave to follow their own fantasies.

the wayes of darknesse] John 3:19-20. Ephesians 5:11.

Proverbs 2:14

and delight in the forwardnesse of the wicked] Perversly wicked, walking crosse to God and good men, Leviticus 26:21. Psalms 18:27.

Proverbs 2:16

To deliver thee] As descretion will deliver us from evill men, verse 12. so likewise from evil women, in this verse.

from the strange woman] That is, not thy wife, nor thou mayest not meddle with. So strange fire, Numbers 3:4. No stranger, Numbers 1:51.

even from the stranger which flattereth with her words] Chap. 5. 3. and 7. 5.

from the stranger] Who is as bad as one of a strange nation, whom God had forbidden them to touch, 1 King. 11. 1, 2.

Proverbs 2:17

the guide of her youth] That is, her husband, who married her in her youth, whose office is to guide her, and to whom she ought to be subject, 1 Pet. 3. 7.

the covenant of her God] The promise made in marriage, whereof God is both the author, and witnesse, Malachi 2:14.

Proverbs 2:18

For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead] Chap. 7. 27.

her house inclineth unto death] The courses used in her house, bring men to untimely ends.

Proverbs 2:19

None that go unto her, return again] Those that are so entangled, seldom get free again, Ecclesiastes 7:26.

Proverbs 2:20

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men] Chap. 13. 20. Discretion will keep thee from evill men, vers. 12. and evill women, vers. 16. that thou mayest walk in good wayes, in this verse.

Proverbs 2:21

For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it] Psalms 37:29.

the uright shall dwell in the land] They shall prosper in the world, when wicked men, especially adulterers, waste their estate, and come to nothing, Chap. 6. 26.

the perfect shall remain in it] Heb. shall be left in it: To wit, when wicked men come to untimely ends.

Proverbs 2:22

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressours shall be rooted out of it] Job 18:17. Psalms 104:35.

rooted out] Or, pluckt up.