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Chapter 4: v.1-10 Stresses goodness to the poor.If in
bitterness the poor man you reject curses you,God will hear
him.But if a man is generous,he will be like a son of God.

Vv.17-19 Have an unusual thought:Wisdom at first will bring
fear and cowardice on a man and will torment him with her
discipline until she find she can trust him. Then she will
reveal her secrets to him.  This fits with the general theme
that God disciplines us like a father does to a son he loves.

A remarkable thought in v.30: Do not be a lion in your
home, or hard on your servants. This seems to imply a man
might have two patterns of conduct, one at home, another
elsewhere.  We are able to live in as it were compartments,
such that we are not aware that our ways in one are quite
different from our ways in another area. Only if one comes to
see this can he correct the inconsistency.