Proverbs 4:7

“Wisdom [is] the principal thing, etc.] Or principal, one; the principal of persons and things; the principal of persons, angels or men: Christ is superior to angels, having a more excellent name and nature than they; he is the God, the Creator, and head of them, and is above them in the human nature; he is superior to men, to the greatest of men, he is King of kings and Lord of lords, and to the best of men the saints. Are they kings? he is their King: are they priests? he is the great High Priest: are any of them prophets, teachers, shepherds? he is the great Prophet in Israel; a Teacher, that never any taught or spoke like him; the chief Shepherd and Bishop of souls: is the church a…”

“(Compare Job 28:28). getting--or possession; a desire for wisdom is wise.”

“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…”

“With all - Even with the price of all. Proverbs 4:8”

“4:7-8 Wisdom often, though not always, brings relational and material prosperity.”

“Wisdom is: Ecc 7:12, Ecc 9:16-18; Mat 13:44-46; Luk 10:42; Phi 3:8 with: Pro 16:16, Pro 21:6; Psa 49:16-20; Ecc 2:4-9, Ecc 4:8; Mar 8:36, Mar 8:37; Luk 12:20 get understanding: Psa 119:104 Proverbs 4:8”

“Referring to Pro 4:5, the father further explains that wisdom begins with the striving after it, and that this striving is itself its fundamental beginning: 7 The beginning of wisdom is "Get wisdom," And with \[um, at the price of\] all thou hast gotten get understanding, 8 Esteem her, so shall she lift thee up; She will bring thee honour if thou dost embrace her. 9 She will put on thine head a graceful garland, She will bestow upon thee a glorious diadem. In the motto of the book, Pro 1:7, the author would say that the fear of Jahve is that from which all wisdom takes its origin. יראת יהוה ( Pro 1:7) is the subject, and as such it stands foremost. Here he means to say what the beginning of…”