Proverbs Chapter 13

“A wise son [heareth] his father’s instruction, etc.] As he should, and has good reason to do; since it must be cordial, faithful, and disinterested, as well as the effect of age and experience. He “asks for it” and “loves” it, as Jarchi supplies the text; he likes and approves of it, is well pleased with it, and delights in it; seeing it tends to his profit and advantage; he “receives” it, as the Targum, so Ben Melech; he listens to and obeys it, and acts agreeably to it, which shows him to be wise; and this is the way to be wiser and wiser. So one that is spiritually wise will attend to and receive the…”

“(Pro. 13:1-25) (Compare Pro 6:1-5; Pro 10:1, Pro 10:17).”

“Heareth - The verb of the second clause is inserted in the first, just as in the next verse that of the first is inserted in the second. Stress is laid upon the obstinacy of the scorner who refuses to hear, not only “instruction,” but also the much stronger “rebuke.” return to 'Top of Page'”

“Shall eat - Shall receive comfort, and benefit by his wise and profitable discourses. Proverbs 13:6”

“13:1 A wise child accepts a parent’s discipline: Gaining wisdom requires discipline and correction.”

“wise: Pro 4:1-14, Pro 4:20-22, Pro 10:1, Pro 15:5, Pro 15:20 but: Pro 9:7, Pro 9:8, Pro 14:6; Sa1 2:25; Isa 28:14, Isa 28:15 Proverbs 13:2”

“The proverb Pro 12:28 is so sublime, so weighty, that it manifestly forms a period and conclusion. This is confirmed from the following proverb, which begins like Pro 10:1 (cf. 5), and anew stamps the collection as intended for youth: 1 A wise son is his father's correction; But a scorner listens not to rebuke. The lxx, which the Syr. follows, translate Ψἱὸς πανουργὸς ὑπήκοος πατρί, whence it is not to be concluded with Lagarde that they read נוסר in the sense of a Ni. tolerativum; they correctly understood the text according to the Jewish rule of interpretation, "that which is wanting is to be supplied…”