Proverbs 1:4

To give subtlety to the simple,.... Men of mean abilities, weak capacities, shallow understandings, incautious, credulous, and easily imposed upon: these, by attending to what is herein contained, may…

This verse points out the two classes for which the book will be useful: (1) the “simple,” literally the “open,” the open-hearted, the minds ready to receive impressions for good or evil Pro 1:22; and…

We have here an introduction to this book, which some think was prefixed by the collector and publisher, as Ezra; but it is rather supposed to have been penned by Solomon himself, who, in the…

subtilty to the simple Both words are here used in a good sense, or perhaps we might say, in their proper or neutral sense. The Hebrew word for simpleis literally open(Heb.), sc. to influence, whether…