Reading the Word of God as often as possible is where we need to be. "let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart" memorization of scripture is key to our growth and understanding or our God. God is good that He takes the time to teach and lead us as induviduals. Thank you, Lord Jesus.....
proverb 4 differetiate between good-that is following God's instruction and evil-not obeying God's instruction.Good will attract good while evil will attract calamity.NO two ways about it.
Wisdom does not lead us into a straitened path, vs.12 "THY STEPS SHALL NOT BE STRAITENED". Any doctrine that puts one in a tight stress of living is not of God. Paul said "You are not "STRAITENED" in us but in your own bowels or 2 Cor.6:12. Wisdom delivers us from that dark path of stress into the path of the just the shinning light, that shinneth more and more unto the perfect day. vs. 18 No more tense, tight, stressful living "Praise the Lord"!
I believe that Gods Word is our instruction book and pertains to us in every way. Proverbs 4 and all the other chapters are instructions for us to live a Godly and long life. Thank you God for your loving Word
Ecclesiastes 12:13," Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: fear God and keep hIS commandments: for this [is] the whole [duty] of man." Exodus 16:28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS and my laws? Exodus 20:6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS. Leviticus 22:31 Therefore shall ye KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS, and do them: I [am] the LORD. Leviticus 26:3 If ye walk in my statutes, and KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS, and do them; Deuteronomy 5:10 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS. also ( 1 Kings 9:6; 2 Kings 17:13; Nehemiah 1:9; Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 4:4; Proverbs 7:2; John 14:15; John 15:10) Matthew 7:21," Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord,shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew Henry's comment mentions that the writer is speaking of his earthly parents but is it possible he was speaking of his father in heaven who had written and given the law to man?