2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
2 turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding-
2 making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;
2 Tune your ears to the world of Wisdom; set your heart on a life of Understanding.
2 So that you incline your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding;
2 Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding.
4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
4 and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,
4 if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,
4 Searching for it like a prospector panning for gold, like an adventurer on a treasure hunt,
4 If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures;
4 Search for them as you would for silver; seek them like hidden treasures.
(Read Proverbs 2:1-9)
Those who earnestly seek heavenly wisdom, will never complain that they have lost their labour; and the freeness of the gift does not do away the necessity of our diligence, John 6:27. Let them seek, and they shall find it; let them ask, and it shall be given them. Observe who are thus favoured. They are the righteous, on whom the image of God is renewed, which consists in righteousness. If we depend upon God, and seek to him for wisdom, he will enable us to keep the paths of judgment.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 2:2
Commentary on Proverbs 2:1-9
(Read Proverbs 2:1-9)
Those who earnestly seek heavenly wisdom, will never complain that they have lost their labour; and the freeness of the gift does not do away the necessity of our diligence, John 6:27. Let them seek, and they shall find it; let them ask, and it shall be given them. Observe who are thus favoured. They are the righteous, on whom the image of God is renewed, which consists in righteousness. If we depend upon God, and seek to him for wisdom, he will enable us to keep the paths of judgment.