Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
Wisdom must be hunted like ore from a mine, not waited for like alms at the door. We draw it from God by prayer, we labor for it by diligence, we grow in it by use, and we prove we truly have it by giving it away to others. That is well got which is put to good purpose.
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Commenting on Proverbs 3:13-20
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 chastenings are in love and for good, but because he improves in spiritual knowledge and understanding by them; see Psa 94:12.
findeth--literally, "reaches," or "obtains by seeking." getteth--literally, "draws out," as metals by digging.