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So you will find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
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A Christ-like Ideal
Multiple commentators, including Albert Barnes and Charles Ellicott, immediately connect this verse to Luke 2:52, which describes the young Jesus growing 'in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.' This frames the wisdom of Proverbs not just as a general principle for success, but as a path toward a Christ-like life.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Compare Luke 2:52. These are the two conditions of true human growth.
19th Century
Anglican
Favour and good understanding.—Particularly noted as distinguishing the childhood of our Lord (Luke 2:52).
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So shall you find favour Or "grace" F9 ; the grace of God, and larger measures of it; as Noah did, ([Refe…
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