Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
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Gill's Exposition
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,.... Some connect these words with the preceding; as if the sense was, a good man, though he is chastened by the Lord, yet is a happy man; not only because his…
Barnes' Notes
The first beatitude of the Proverbs introduces a new lesson. “Getteth understanding,” literally as in the margin, probably in the sense of “drawing forth from God’s store, from the experience of life”…
Solomon had pressed us earnestly to seek diligently for wisdom (Pro 2:1, etc.), and had assured us that we should succeed in our sincere and constant pursuits. But the question is, What shall we get…
Cambridge Bible
getteth Lit. draweth forth, or out, R.V. and A.V. marg. The word occurs again Pro 8:35; Pro 12:2; Pro 18:22, in all which places the source of supply is expressed: obtaineth(lit. draweth forth) favour…
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