Proverbs 1:3
"To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;"

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

To receive the instruction of wisdom,.... Or "prudence" (h); of wise and prudent men; and especially of Christ himself, who bears those names, whose instructions this book is full of; and the design

of which is to engage the attention of men to them, and prevail upon them to receive them, and act conformably to them. Which instructions respect the following things; and which are added by way of illustration and amplification, viz. justice, and judgment, and equity; that which is just in itself, and according to the nature of God and his will; and is judged so by right reason; and is equitable between man and man, and agrees with the law of God. These three, R. Levi Ben Gersom says, signify one and the same thing; true righteousness, doing that which is just to God and man; which the doctrines of grace, or the instructions of wisdom, teach men to do; concerning which many rules may be collected from this book. (h) "prudentiae", Munster, Vatablus.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (6 words)

H3947 לָקַח
Definition:

22+,לָקָח֑Genesis 27:36+ (קָחEzekiel 17:5is textual error; omitted byᵐ5ᵑ6Co, compare Ges§ 19, 3. a); suffixלְקָחַנִיGenesis 24:7,לְקָחָםJeremiah 27:20(forקָחָםHosea 11:3read probablyאֶקָּחֵםᵐ5ᵑ7Ew St 22+,לָקָח֑Genesis 27:36+ (קָחEzekiel 17:5is textual error; omitted byᵐ5ᵑ6Co, compare Ges§ 19, 3. a); suffixלְקָחַנִיGenesis 24:7,לְקָחָםJeremiah 27:20(forקָחָםHosea 11:3read probablyאֶקָּחֵםᵐ5ᵑ7Ew St

Possible Meanings:
  • learning (semantic_range)
  • teaching (semantic_range)
  • what is received (semantic_range)
  • instruction (semantic_range)
  • teaching (semantic_range)
H4148 מוּסָר
Definition:

10discipline(of the moral nature),chastening, correction; —׳מJeremiah 2:3031t. (Ezekiel 5:15 strike out Co); constructמוּסַרDeuteronomy 11:214t. (forJob 12:28seeאסר); suffixמוּסָרִיProverbs 8:10;מוּסָ 10discipline(of the moral nature),chastening, correction; —׳מJeremiah 2:3031t. (Ezekiel 5:15 strike out Co); constructמוּסַרDeuteronomy 11:214t. (forJob 12:28seeאסר); suffixמוּסָרִיProverbs 8:10;מוּסָ

H7919 שָׂכַל
Definition:

A primitive root; to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent -- consider, expert, instruct, prosper, (deal) prudent(-ly), (give) skill(-ful), have good success, teach, (have, A primitive root; to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent -- consider, expert, instruct, prosper, (deal) prudent(-ly), (give) skill(-ful), have good success, teach, (have,

Possible Meanings:
  • contemplate (semantic_range)
H6664 צֶדֶק
Definition:

21rightness, righteousness; —׳צLeviticus 19:3687t.;צִדְקִיIsaiah 41:108t., etc.; —1what is right, just, normal; rightness, justness, of weights and measures,אֵיפָה,אֶבֶןשְׁלֵמָה וָצֶדֶקDeuteronomy 25: 21rightness, righteousness; —׳צLeviticus 19:3687t.;צִדְקִיIsaiah 41:108t., etc.; —1what is right, just, normal; rightness, justness, of weights and measures,אֵיפָה,אֶבֶןשְׁלֵמָה וָצֶדֶקDeuteronomy 25:

Possible Meanings:
  • be just (semantic_range)
  • have a just cause, (semantic_range)
  • be in the right (semantic_range)
  • be justified (semantic_range)
H4941 מִשְׁפָט
Definition:

13judgment; — absoluteמִשְׁמָּטExodus 21:31203t., +לְשְִׁ֯מָּטEzekiel 44:24(but read Ktלִשְׁמֹּטwithᵐ5ᵑ7ᵑ6Co and others); constructמִשְׁמַּטExodus 23:650t.; suffixמִשְׁמָּטִיIsaiah 40:27+;מִשְׁמָּטָםJ 13judgment; — absoluteמִשְׁמָּטExodus 21:31203t., +לְשְִׁ֯מָּטEzekiel 44:24(but read Ktלִשְׁמֹּטwithᵐ5ᵑ7ᵑ6Co and others); constructמִשְׁמַּטExodus 23:650t.; suffixמִשְׁמָּטִיIsaiah 40:27+;מִשְׁמָּטָםJ

Possible Meanings:
  • justice (semantic_range)
  • right (semantic_range)
  • rectitude (semantic_range)
H4339 מֵישָׁר
Definition:

מֵשָׁרִיםProverbs 1:3; elsewhereמֵישָׁרִיםIsaiah 26:717t.; —1evenness, levelIsaiah 26:7, of path of righteous (in the future), figurative for free from difficulties;smoothness, of the flow of wine,׳בְ מֵשָׁרִיםProverbs 1:3; elsewhereמֵישָׁרִיםIsaiah 26:717t.; —1evenness, levelIsaiah 26:7, of path of righteous (in the future), figurative for free from difficulties;smoothness, of the flow of wine,׳בְ

Possible Meanings:
  • uprightness (semantic_range)
  • equity (semantic_range)

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