Proverbs 1:20-26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 1:23

Turn you at my reproof - לתוכחתי lethochachti , at my convincing mode of arguing; attend to my demonstrations. This is properly the meaning of the original word. I will pour out my spirit unto you - "I wil expresse my mynde unto you;" Coverdale. Loo I shall bryngen to you my Spirit ; Old MS. Bible. If you will hear, ye shall have ample instruction. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 1:24

Because I have called - These and the following words appear to be spoken of the persons who are described, Proverbs 1:11-19 , who have refused to return from their evil ways till arrested by the hand of justice; and here the wise man points out their deplorable state. They are now about to suffer according to the demands of the law, for their depredations. They now wish they had been guided by wisdom, and had chosen the fear of the Lord; but it is too late: die they must, for their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:20

Wisdom crieth without. Wisdom . The Hebrew word ( khochmoth ) here used to designate Wisdom seems to be an abstract derivation from the ordinary khochmah. The form is peculiar to the Proverbs and Psalms, in the former occurring four times ( Proverbs 1:22 ; Proverbs 9:1 ; Proverbs 14:1 ; Proverbs 24:7 ), and in the latter twice only (viz. Psalms 49:4 ; Psalms 78:15 ). As in Proverbs 9:1 and Proverbs 24:7 , it is a pluralis excellentiae of the feminine gender, a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:20-23

The gospel call This cry of Wisdom is a sort of evangel of the Old Testament religion. It is an anticipation of the gracious invitation subsequently put forth by the Christian truth. That, too, is a cry of Wisdom; for is not Christ the "Wisdom of God" ( 1 Corinthians 1:24 ), and "made unto us Wisdom" ( 1 Corinthians 1:30 )? We of the latter times, therefore, may hear in the preaching of Solomon the call of the glorious gospel of the blessed God. I. THE CHARACTER OF THE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:20-23

The voice of Wisdom Wisdom is here personified; it is the language of poetic inspiration. Later on, "in the dispensation of the fulness of times," Wisdom was manifested in human form, and spake in the hearing of men. But its voice has never been silent altogether, from the beginning until now. We are reminded of it— I. THAT THERE ARE MANY CHANNELS THROUGH WHICH WISDOM UTTERS ITS VOICE . The plural form of the word ("wisdoms") suggests the manifoldness of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:20-33

2. Second admonitory discourse. Address of Wisdom personified, exhibing the folly of those who wilfully reject, and the security of those who hearken to, her counsels. The sacred writer, in this section, as also in Proverbs 8:1-36 ; uses the rhetorical figure of prosopopceia, or impersonation. Wisdom is represented as speaking and as addressing the simple, scorners, and fools. The address itself is one of the noblest specimens of sacred eloquence, expressing in rapid succession the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:20-33

Warning cry of Wisdom In dramatic style, Wisdom is presentiated, personified, endued with visible and audible attributes. As contempt for religion has been animadverted upon, so now contempt for Wisdom calls for rebuke. The motto ( Proverbs 1:7 ) is still in the preacher's mind. I. THE CRY OF WISDOM IS PUBLIC AND CLEAR . In the street, "where merchants most do congregate," and in all places of general resort, the cry is heard. Hers is no esoteric doctrine; it is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:21

She crieth in the chief place of concourse. The chief place is literally the head ( ראֹשׁ , rosh ); here used figuratively for the place where streets or roads branch off in different directions, as in Ezekiel 16:25 , "the beginning of streets," or "the head of the way;" comp. Genesis 2:10 , where it is used of the point at which the four streams branched off; and the corresponding expression in Proverbs 8:2 , "She staudeth in the top ( rosh ) of high places." Of concourse... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:22

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? etc. From this verse to the end of the chapter the sacred writer puts before us the words of Wisdom herself. The discourse begins in the same way as in Psalms 4:2 (Zockler), and the classification of the persons addressed—the simple, the scorners, and the sinners—closely resembles that of Psalms 1:1 . In the order there is a progression from the least to the most culpable. The simple ( פְתָיִם , p'thayim ) , as in Psalms 1:4 ,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 1:23

Turn you at my reproof. A call is here made to repentance. The meaning seems to be "return to my reproof," i.e. place yourselves under my reproof (as Gejerus, Delitzsch), the לְ Being represented by ad, as in the Vulgate: convertimini ad correptionem meam . It is susceptible, however, of a different reading, i.e. "in consequence of, or because of ( propter ) , my reproof," the prefix לְ being found in Numbers 16:34 , "They fled at the cry," i.e. because of the cry. ... read more

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