Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 3:4

4. So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

i. e. Obtain acceptance, or be gracious and amiable to them.

Whereby to know thy duty, and to discern between good and evil. The serious practice of Religion [illegible: 1 word] an excellent mean to get a solid understanding of it▪ as on the contrary a vitious life doth exceedingly debase and darken the mind, and keep men from the knowledge of Truth, which not onely Scripture but even Heathen Philosophers have oft observed. Others render it, good success. Which seems not to suit well with the following words.

Grace or favour with God, and that understanding which is good in God's sight, i. e. truly and really, as a truly good Man is called good before God, in the Hebrew, Eccls. 7. 26.

Marginal references: Psal. 111. 10.; Or, good success.