She will place on your head a graceful garland; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.”
Here we have, I. The invitation which Solomon gives to his children to come and receive instruction from him (Pro 4:1, Pro 4:2): Hear, you children, the instruction of a father. That is, 1. "Let my own children, in the first place, receive and give good heed to those instructions which I set down for the use of others also." Note, Magistrates and ministers, who...
Commenting on Proverbs 4:1-13
She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace,.... This, and the following clause, explain what that honour is Christ promotes and brings his followers to here and hereafter: he gives them grace and more grace; "an increase of grace", so the Vulgate Latin version renders it; and some think James refers to this passage, Pro 4:6.
ornament--such as the chaplet or wreath of conquerors. deliver--(Compare Gen 14:20). The allusion to a shield, contained in the Hebrew, suggests protection as well as honor (compare Pro 4:6).