16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
16 Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
16 Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
16 With one hand she gives long life, with the other she confers recognition.
16 Length of days is in her right hand, In her left hand riches and honor.
16 She offers you long life in her right hand, and riches and honor in her left.
5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
5 Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them.
5 Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
5 Sell everything and buy Wisdom! Forage for Understanding! Don't forget one word! Don't deviate an inch!
5 Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget, nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
5 Get wisdom; develop good judgment. Don't forget my words or turn away from them.
(Read Proverbs 4:1-13)
We must look upon our teachers as our fathers: though instruction carry in it reproof and correction, bid it welcome. Solomon's parents loved him, therefore taught him. Wise and godly men, in every age of the world, and rank in society, agree that true wisdom consists in obedience, and is united to happiness. Get wisdom, take pains for it. Get the rule over thy corruptions; take more pains to get this than the wealth of this world. An interest in Christ's salvation is necessary. This wisdom is the one thing needful. A soul without true wisdom and grace is a dead soul. How poor, contemptible, and wretched are those, who, with all their wealth and power, die without getting understanding, without Christ, without hope, and without God! Let us give heed to the sayings of Him who has the words of eternal life. Thus our path will be plain before us: by taking, and keeping fast hold of instruction, we shall avoid being straitened or stumbling.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 3:16
Commentary on Proverbs 3:13-20
(Read Proverbs 3:13-20)
No precious jewels or earthly treasures are worthy to be compared with true wisdom, whether the concerns of time or eternity be considered. We must make wisdom our business; we must venture all in it, and be willing to part with all for it. This Wisdom is the Lord Jesus Christ and his salvation, sought and obtained by faith and prayer. Were it not for unbelief, remaining sinfulness, and carelessness, we should find all our ways pleasantness, and our paths peace, for his are so; but we too often step aside from them, to our own hurt and grief. Christ is that Wisdom, by whom the worlds were made, and still are in being; happy are those to whom he is made of God wisdom. He has wherewithal to make good all his promises.