Proverbs 8

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 8:1

Proverbs 8:1. Doth not wisdom cry, &c.— We may consider this chapter as connected with the preceding, and making one continued discourse. The wise man has represented in what goes before, the dangerous seductions of pleasure, in the language of an adulterous woman. Here he describes wisdom inviting us to her love, in a noble, grand, elevated discourse, and by magnificent promises of the most solid advantages. From the 1st verse to the 12th she commends her doctrine and precepts; from the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 8:2

Proverbs 8:2. By the way, &c.— Upon the way, within, or amidst the paths. The LXX read, She hath stood in the middle of the paths. read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 8:10

Proverbs 8:10. Receive my instruction, and not silver— Rather than silver; that is to say, preferably to silver; or it may be, "Give not your heart to money, if you would possess wisdom." It is impossible to join these two things, the love of this world, and the love of wisdom. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 8:12

Proverbs 8:12. And find out knowledge of witty inventions— And penetrate the knowledge of right things. Schultens; who observes, that the first clause contains a very splendid image, "I wisdom inhabit prudence." So Jehovah is said to inhabit eternity. Calmet says, that the last clause, according to the Hebrew, is, And have invented the knowledge of thoughts; or of prudence, of reflection, of the judicious attention of wise men. It is the eternal wisdom which speaks here. It is she from whom... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 8:14

Proverbs 8:14. Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom— Good government: Houbigant; who renders the next clause, Prudence is mine; mine is fortitude. read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 8:15

Proverbs 8:15. By me kings reign— All authority and power come from God; and all those who are established over others have received from the author of this wisdom all their superiority. Whether God gives a prince in his anger, or in his mercy, it is he who hath established him; nor can they worthily exercise their power without the succours and assistance of wisdom. A prince may be a prince without having wisdom; but without it, he can neither be a good nor a happy prince. Wisdom is the very... read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 8:17

Proverbs 8:17. I love them that love me— In order to seek for wisdom with the earnestness that she merits, we must know her, and love her: we must by our continual prayers seek for this excellent good, and intreat God to increase in us the love of wisdom, holiness, and virtue; because, in proportion as this love increases, wisdom will more abundantly communicate herself to us; and the more early in life we begin this search, the more shall we engage the love, and consequently the encouragement,... read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 8:22

Proverbs 8:22. The Lord possessed me in the beginning— All this, says Calmet, respects the Eternal Wisdom, the Word of the Father. This verse is very similar to John 1:1. The LXX render it, He created me the beginning of his ways; which many interpreters refer to the Incarnate wisdom. The word which Calmet renders, from the LXX, created, is εκτισε, which may certainly as well signify, agreeably to the Hebrew and Aquila, He possessed, or established, or ordained, or created. read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 8:23

Proverbs 8:23. I was set up from everlasting— According to the Hebrew, I have been anointed from all eternity; which is particularly applicable to Jesus Christ, the anointed of the Father. read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 8:26

Proverbs 8:26. Highest part— Sum, or first atom. Schultens. read more

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