Read Proverbs 2 here (text coming …) or at Bible Gateway.
The Hebrew paragraphs:
2:1-22 {p} Receive commands to find wisdom, knowledge, understanding/ uprightness preserves life
Pro 2:1-22 makes a Chiastic Structure:
How do we receive His words and treasure His commands? The A pair reveals His words are to be within us, and His wisdom is to enter our hearts.
The Hebrew Root Word parable for heart comes from Strong’s H3820 לב leb, a concrete noun meaning, “heart,” from Strong’s H3823 לבב labab, a primitive root meaning, “to be hollow.”
lamed ל = shepherd’s staff, thus teach, yoke, to, bind
bet ב = house, thus house, household, family, in, within
bet ב = house, thus house, household, family, in, within
The parable: That which is yoked (lamed) within (bet) the house (bet); i.e., the heart is a hollow organ (as a house is hollow), and is meant to hold something within it (as the house holds the family within it). What it holds within is the life-giving blood, which it then distributes to all corners of the body. In the same way, the spiritual heart or inner man is hollow and is meant to hold something within it that it distributes to all corners of the person. YHVH admonishes us to be sure that His words are what fills our hearts. They are life-giving, and the heart will distribute that life from the inner man to all corners of the person.
What enters our eyes and our ears enters our hearts. Keep His word ever before you!
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