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Selected Verse: Proverbs 3:7 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 3:7 |
King James |
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Compare Pro 27:2; Rom 12:16).
fear . . . evil--reverentially regarding His law. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The great hindrance to all true wisdom is the thought that we have already attained it. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
fear
Also; (Pro 2:5).
(See Scofield) - (Psa 19:9). |
16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.