but whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster.”
Solomon, having shown how dangerous it is to hearken to the temptations of Satan, here shows how dangerous it is not to hearken to the calls of God, which we shall for ever rue the neglect of. Observe, I. By whom God calls to us - by wisdom. It is wisdom that crieth without.
Commenting on Proverbs 1:20-33
But whoso hearkeneth unto me,.... To Wisdom, or Christ; to the cry and call above; to the voice of his Gospel, not only externally, but internally; so as spiritually and experimentally to understand it, to distinguish it from the voice of a stranger; so as to approve of it, and receive it in the love of it, and to delight and take pleasure in it...
dwell safely--literally, "in confidence" (Deu 12:10). be quiet--or at ease, in real prosperity. from fear--without fear. Next: Proverbs Chapter 2