Notice the perfect balance of each clause, and the duplication of the one thought in the two clauses of each verse.
Wisdom as used in this book is more than intellectual learning or cleverness. It represents a moral quality, the result of a pure and a true life. We are conscious that many simple-minded people, who have little enough book-learning, are remarkable for sagacious advice, insight into character, the wise reading of events, an intuitive knowledge-all based on the fear of God. The headlines of Scotch copy-books used to be taken from this book. Certain it is that the young who ponder and practice these maxims can hardly fail of a successful career. [source]
Chapter Summary: Proverbs 1
1The use of the proverbs 7An exhortation to fear God, and believe his word 10to avoid the enticing of sinners 20Wisdom complains of her contempt 24She threatens her contemners
What do the individual words in Proverbs 1:10 mean?