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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 8:1-11

1-11 The will of God is made known by the works of creation, and by the consciences of men, but more clearly by Moses and the prophets. The chief difficulty is to get men to attend to instruction. Yet attention to the words of Christ, will guide the most ignorant into saving knowledge of the truth. Where there is an understanding heart, and willingness to receive the truth in love, wisdom is valued above silver and gold. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 8:12-21

12-21 Wisdom, here is Christ, in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge; it is Christ in the word, and Christ in the heart; not only Christ revealed to us, but Christ revealed in us. All prudence and skill are from the Lord. Through the redemption of Christ's precious blood, the riches of his grace abound in all wisdom and prudence. Man found out many inventions for ruin; God found one for our recovery. He hates pride and arrogance, evil ways and froward conversation; these render... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 8:22-31

22-31 The Son of God declares himself to have been engaged in the creation of the world. How able, how fit is the Son of God to be the Saviour of the world, who was the Creator of it! The Son of God was ordained, before the world, to that great work. Does he delight in saving wretched sinners, and shall not we delight in his salvation? read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 8:32-36

32-36 Surely we should hearken to Christ's voice with the readiness of children. Let us all be wise, and not refuse such mercy. Blessed are those who hear the Saviour's voice, and wait on him with daily reading, meditation, and prayer. The children of the world find time for vain amusements, without neglecting what they deem the one thing needful. Does it not show contempt of Wisdom's instructions, when people professing godliness, seek excuses for neglecting the means of grace? Christ is... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Proverbs 8:1-21

Of the Messiah, the Personal Wisdom. The Richness of Wisdom's Gifts. v. 1. Doth not Wisdom cry, calling aloud to men to hear, and understanding put forth her voice, in an effort to reach all men? v. 2. She standeth in the top of high places, on the top of high places along the way, easily to be seen by all who pass by, by the way in the places of the paths, at the cross-roads. v. 3. She crieth at the gates, standing where the roads converge and many people come together, at the entry of... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Proverbs 8:22-36

The Origins and the Blessings of the Personal Wisdom v. 22. The Lord possessed Me, brought Me into being, the reference being to the eternal begetting of the Father by which the Son was brought forth from eternity, Psalms 2:7, in the beginning of His way, as a revelation of His innermost essence, before His works of old, before the creation of the world. v. 23. I was set up from everlasting, ordained, inaugurated, established, from the beginning, or ever the earth was, from the primordial... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Proverbs 8:1-36

Third Group of Admonitory or Proverbial DiscoursesProverbs 8:1 to Proverbs 9:1814. A second public discourse of wisdom personifiedProverbs 8:1-36a) The richness of her gifts(Proverbs 8:1-21)1 Doth not wisdom cry aloud,and understanding lift up her voice?2 Upon the top of the high places, by the way,in the midst of the way she placeth herself.3 By the side of the gates, at the exit from the city,at the entrance to its doors she calleth aloud:4 “To you, ye men, I call,and my... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Proverbs 8:21

Proverbs WISDOM’S GIFT Pro_8:21 . The word here rendered ‘substance’ is peculiar. Indeed, it is used in a unique construction in this passage. It means ‘being’ or ‘existence,’ and seems to have been laid hold of by the Hebrew thinkers, from whom the books commonly called ‘the Wisdom Books’ come, as one of their almost technical expressions. ‘Substance’ may be used in our translation in its philosophical meaning as the supposed reality underlying appearances, but if we observe that in the... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Proverbs 8:30-31

Proverbs WISDOM AND CHRIST Pro_8:30 - Pro_8:31 . There is a singular difference between the two portions of this Book of Proverbs. The bulk of it, beginning with Pro_10:1 - Pro_10:32 , contains a collection of isolated maxims which may be described as the product of sanctified common sense. They are shrewd and homely, but not remarkably spiritual or elevated. To these is prefixed this introductory portion, continuous, lofty in style, and in its personification of divine wisdom, rising to... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Proverbs 8:1-21

“Better than Gold” Proverbs 8:1-21 This chapter contains a bewitching picture of Wisdom as a noble matron. Were it not for this feminine touch, we might, suppose that the Preacher had become a Prophet and was discerning the lineaments of Christ, who in His human life embodied the Divine Wisdom, as indeed He was the Eternal Word. She stands in the open places; her ringing voice is heard down the streets, appealing to those who are entering the city gates or doors of the houses. There is no... read more

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 8:1-11

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 8:12-21

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 8:22-31

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 8:32-36

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Proverbs 8:1-21

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Proverbs 8:22-36

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Proverbs 8:1-36

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Proverbs 8:21

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Proverbs 8:30-31

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Proverbs 8:1-21

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