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The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, That one may avoid the snares of death. Psalm 36:8-9. They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house; And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights. For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light. Psalm 87:7.
Solomon tells us that it is the wise man who follows this instruction to set a guard over his mouth and bridle our tongue, and it is the foolish man who spews out foolish words of folly and destruction. He also tells us that the fear of the Lord is a fountainhead from which all godly wisdom flows.
In 1 Kings 4:29-33, we’re told that he wrote thousands of proverbs and poems and that he collected knowledge about plants and animals. Solomon became the fountainhead of Israel’s wisdom literature, a group of texts that explore what it looks like to live well in God’s good world.
See CISTERN; SPRING; WELL; EN-, and place-names compounded with EN-. Figurative: (1) of God (Psalms 36:9; Jeremiah 2:13; 17:13); (2) of Divine pardon and purification, with an obvious Messianic reference (Zechariah 13:1); (3) of wisdom and godliness (Proverbs 13:14; 14:27); (4) of wives (Proverbs 5:18);
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Proverbs 3:19 The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding. Proverbs 8:26 before He made the land or fields, or any of the dust of the earth. Proverbs 8:28 when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth, Isaiah 40:22
What does Proverbs 1:9 mean? Read commentary on this popular Bible verse and understand the real meaning behind God's Word using John Gill's Exposition of the Bible.
2. The Fear of the Lord (Verse 7) Solomon introduces a foundational concept that threads through the entirety of the Proverbs - "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge." The verse contrasts this by saying that fools despise wisdom and instruction, setting the stage for the following discourses. 3. The Wise Parent's Instruction ...
