Proverbs 4:19

“The way of the wicked [is] as darkness, etc.] They are in the darkness of sin, ignorance, error, and unbelief; their works are works of darkness; the way in which they are leads to eternal darkness, ruin, and misery, and so must be most uncomfortable and dangerous; they know not at what they stumble; they stumble at the word, which they are ignorant of, and at Christ, whom they have no knowledge of; and through the temptations of Satan and snares of the world, which they are not aware of, nor upon their guard against.”

“The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father. Compare it with 2 Samuel 23:2 etc.; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles 29:17; Psalms 15:1-5; Psalms 24:1-10; Psalms 37:0. Proverbs 4:7 Or, “The beginning of wisdom is - get wisdom.” To seek is to find, to desire is to obtain. Proverbs 4:12 The ever-recurring parable of the journey of life. In the way of wisdom the path is clear and open, obstacles disappear; in the quickest activity (“when thou runnest”) there is no risk of falling. Proverbs 4:13 She is thy life - Another parallel between personified Wisdom in this book and the Incarnate Wisdom in John 1:4. Proverbs 4:16 A fearful stage of debasement. Sin is the condition without…”

“Darkness - Full of ignorance and error, of uncertainty and confusion, of danger and misery. Proverbs 4:23”

“Sa1 2:9; Job 5:14, Job 12:25, Job 18:5, Job 18:6, Job 18:18; Isa 59:9, Isa 59:10; Jer 13:16, Jer 23:12; Mat 7:23, Mat 15:14; Joh 12:35; Jo1 2:11 Proverbs 4:20”