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Prov. 4:3–4 When I was a son with my father. The father shows he can identify with his sons. He, too, was once young and under the instruction of a father. He also implies that wisdom did not begin with him but goes back through many generations.
Prov. 4:7 get wisdom. The reader is encouraged to search for wisdom and guard it continually. It is a great treasure (see 2:4; 3:13–15; 4:20–23). In Proverbs, the beginning of wisdom is always the fear of the Lord (see 1:1–7; 9:10). The Lord is the giver of true wisdom (2:6–8).
Prov. 4:10–19 This passage gives one of the main teachings of Proverbs: the doctrine of the two ways. Everyone has a choice between entering the way of wisdom and the way of folly. Which path is taken will determine the outcome of one’s life.
Prov. 4:14–17 One should avoid the way of the wicked, for it creates a hunger that is destructive and that cannot be satisfied (v. 16).
Prov. 4:18–19 dawn . . . full day. These verses describe ever-increasing brightness, from first light until noon. The path of a person refers to the way that a person lives (v. 14; see 2:8; 13; 15; 20; 3:6; Ps. 25:4). The wise person’s way of life shines brighter and brighter, as it increasingly displays God’s light.
Prov. 4:20–23 The commands in vv. 20–21 all encourage making wisdom a vital part of one’s life. Heart in Proverbs refers to the center of one’s inner life. It is from this place that a person does all thinking, feeling, and choosing. Taking words of wisdom into the heart is of the greatest importance (they are life), because out of the heart flow all the thoughts, words, and choices of a person’s life (from it flow the springs of life; see Mark 7:21–23; Luke 6:45).
Prov. 4:24 crooked speech. A wise person’s speech does not include elements contrary to what the Lord loves. See also 6:12–19, which describes how the misuse of speech displeases the Lord.
Prov. 4:25 The idea that the eyes should look directly forward suggests determination to remain in the right way. When a person turns his eyes away from the path, he is likely to stumble.
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