Proverbs 3

Proverbs 3:1-25

CHAPTER 3

1. The call and promise of wisdom (Proverbs 3:1-10)
2. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom (Proverbs 3:11-20)
3. Promise and instruction (Proverbs 3:21-25) Proverbs 3:1-10. The call to obedience is followed by promise. The promise is like all the promises to an earthly people “ for length of days and long life” . Here are some blessed exhortations loved and cherished by all His people (Proverbs 3:5-7). How happier, and more fruitful the children of God would be if they obeyed constantly this instruction: “ in all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths.”

Proverbs 3:11-20. Proverbs 3:1-12 are quoted in Hebrews 12:1-29. The man who findeth wisdom, that is, who knows the Lord, is happy. If we look upon wisdom as personified in the Lord Jesus Christ we can read “ His ways are pleasantness, and all His paths are peace. He is a tree of life to them that lay hold on Him, and happy is every one that retaineth Him” (Proverbs 3:17-18).

Proverbs 3:21-34. The words of the Lord kept are life to the soul, grace to the neck; they insure safety; they protect and keep by day and by night. Each verse has a blessed meaning. This chapter ends with the promise that the wise shall inherit glory while the promotion of fools will be shame.