10 For wisdom cometh into thy heart, And knowledge to thy soul is pleasant,
The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.
I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart `are' they.
Sweet is my meditation on Him, I -- I do rejoice in Jehovah.
`Mem.' O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it `is' my meditation.
I do rejoice concerning Thy saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
In the heart of the intelligent wisdom doth rest. And in the midst of fools it is known.
Eat my son, honey that `is' good, And the honeycomb -- sweet to thy palate. So `is' the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off.
Thy words have been found, and I eat them, And Thy word is to me for a joy, And for the rejoicing of my heart, For Thy name is called on me, O Jehovah, God of Hosts.
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Commentary on Proverbs 2 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 2
Solomon, having foretold the destruction of those who are obstinate in their impiety, in this chapter applies himself to those who are willing to be taught; and,
So that in this chapter we are taught both how to get wisdom and how to use it when we have it, that we may neither seek it, nor receive it in vain.
Pro 2:1-9
Job had asked, long before this, Where shall wisdom be found? Whence cometh wisdom? (Job 28:12, 20) and he had given this general answer (v. 23), God knoweth the place of it; but Solomon here goes further, and tells us both where we may find it and how we may get it. We are here told,
Pro 2:10-22
The scope of these verses is to show,
This wisdom will be of use to us,