George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Proverbs 8:3
Doors. Amid disputants, whose eagerness ought to convince us of the preference due to wisdom over all terrestrial concerns, ver. 10. read more
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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Proverbs 8:10
Money. They are generally incompatible. read more
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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Proverbs 8:12
Thoughts. All good comes from God, the eternal wisdom, (Calmet) which speaks here. (Worthington) read more
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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Proverbs 8:15
Things. Power and knowledge are the gift of the Almighty, Romans xii. 1. A prince who resembles God the most, is his best present. (Pliny in Trajan) read more
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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Proverbs 8:18
Glorious. Literally, "proud." (Haydock) --- But here it only means great, Isaias ix 15., and lxi. 6. Riches too commonly nourish pride, and it is very rare to see them joined with justice. (Calmet) read more
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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Proverbs 8:19
Stone. So the Septuagint translate paz, (Haydock) which designates a more pure sort of gold, Genesis ii. 11. (Calmet) read more
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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Proverbs 8:21
Enrich. Hebrew, "grant what is (real goods) an inheritance to them," &c. --- Treasures. Septuagint add, "with goods. If I announce to you daily occurrences, I will admonish you to number the things of the world," (Haydock) and all past events. (Calmet) read more
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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Proverbs 8:22
Possessed. As Christ was with God, equal to him in eternity, John i. Septuagint, "created," which many of the Fathers explain of the word incarnate, (see Cornelius a Lapide; Bossuet) or he hath "placed me," (St. Athanasius iii. contra Arian. Eusebius) a pattern of all virtues. The Septuagint generally render kana, "possessed," as Aquila does here. (Calmet) read more
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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Proverbs 8:23
Up. Hebrew, "anointed." Septuagint, "he founded." Christ was appointed to be the foundation, on which we must be built. (St. Athanasius iii. Orat.) read more
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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Proverbs 8:1
Voice. Men are wanting to themselves: they cannot plead ignorance. (Calmet) --- Wisdom stands on high in the Catholic Church inviting all to virtue and happiness. (Worthington) --- Some explain this of the light which is communicated to men; but the Fathers apply it to Jesus Christ, some of the expressions regarding his divinity, and others his human nature, Ecclesiasticus xxiv. read more