Here are many duties! Be generous! Of course we must discriminate-to whom it is due; and we must be prudent-when it is in the power of thine hand, Pro 3:27. Moreover, be prompt, Pro 3:28. Don’t stir up strife or take a mean advantage, Pro 3:29-30. In the presence of the prosperity of the violent and evil man, repress envy and recall Psa 37:1-40.
The word translated secret in Pro 3:32 should be rendered “friendship.” See Psa 25:14. Remember that Jesus calls us into this sacred inner circle, Joh 15:15. Count on God blessing your home-life, Pro 3:33. Be lowly and claim your great inheritance, Pro 3:34-35. See Mat 5:3.
We are next admitted into an ancient Hebrew home, Pro 4:1-9. We can hear the old patriarch advising his son, with deep and fond anxiety, that he should make the best of his life. What a difference would come over the land if fathers spoke more often like this! But to speak thus needs a background of noble living.