...thou wilt incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding — if thou cries/ after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding — if thou seekest her as silver, and sear chest for her as for hid treasures — then shall thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find...

...son, if thou wilt receive my words ; and hide my commandments u'ith thee; so that than incline thy ear unto WISDOM, and apply thine heart to UNDERSTANDING:...UNDERSTANDING ; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchestfor her as for hid treasures; then shalt thou vndersland the fear of the LORD, and fnd the...

...knowledge of divine things, is not to be acquired without earnest and diligent seeking : " My son, if thou wilt receive my "words, and hide my commandments with...thine heart to understanding ; yea, if thou criest af" ter knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for under" standing: if thou seekest her as silver, and...

...divine knowledge we are directed to combine a dependence on God's Spirit with our own researches: " if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy...silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures, then shall thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God; for the Lord giveth wisdom;...

...promise of divine teaching — ' Then shall v'e know, if we follow on to know the Lord.' Hosea vi. 3. ' If thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy...seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasure, then shall thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.' Prov. ii....

...bending the mind, that we may understand what we read and hear. Prov. ii. 1, 2, 5, My son, if thouwilt receive, my words and hide my commandments with thee...incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart unto understanding: then shall thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God....

...your joy may be full*. Innumerable passages concur in speaking the same truth. What says Solomon ? If thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy...understanding ; if thou seekest her as silver, and searcheth for her as for hid treasure; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, * Luke, xi....

...understanding : Ver. 4. If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures : Ver. 5. Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. Prov. viii. 33. Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. Ver. 34. Blessed is the man that heareth...

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