Proverbs 8:4

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 8:4

To all men without exception, even to the meanest, who are thus called, Psalms 49:2. read more

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 8:4-9

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 8:5. Wisdom. This is a different word from the one used in Proverbs 8:1, and may be translated “subtilty,” or “prudence,” and though it is here used in a good sense, may, when the context requires it, be translated “artful cunning.” Proverbs 8:6. Excellent, literally “princely,” generally rendered “plain,” “evident,” “obvious.” Proverbs 8:7. Mouth, lit. “palate.” Speak, literally, “meditate;” the word originally meant “mutter,” and grew to mean “meditate,” because what... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 8:1-36

Chapter 8In chapter 8 we have an ode to wisdom. Wisdom is personified. And because of the personification of wisdom in this chapter, some have even likened wisdom unto Jesus Christ. "For in Him are hid all of the treasures of wisdom and knowledge" ( Colossians 2:3 ). So there are analogies that can definitely be drawn. Because Christ is the soul, the heart of wisdom. "In Him all the treasures of wisdom." So there are definite analogies that can be made to wisdom and to Jesus Christ, and there... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 8:1-36

Proverbs 8:1 . Doth not Wisdom cry? This woman is the reverse of the harlot, in the preseding chapter. She represents true religion clothed in every form of grace and glory: Christ, the Word and Wisdom of God. See on chap. 3. Proverbs 8:3 . She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city. The gate was the usual place where the elders sat at proper times, and heard complaints. It is probable that the prophets often addressed the people in the area of the gate. Jeremiah delivered his... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 8:4

Proverbs 8:4Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.God revealed in the universe and in humanityThe truth, which can guide us to perfection and to happiness, is teaching us always and everywhere. God surrounds us constantly with His instruction. The universal presence of Truth is the subject before us. Wisdom is omnipresent. The greatest truths meet us at every turn. God is on every side, not only by His essential invisible presence, but by His manifestations of power and... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 8:4

Pro 8:4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice [is] to the sons of man. Ver. 4. Unto you, O men, I call. ] O viri praestantes, - so some render it, O ye eminent men, whether for greatness of birth, wealth, or learning. The Pharisees and philosophers, for their learning, are called the "princes of this world." 1Co 2:8 Sed sapientes sapienter in infernum descendunt, saith one; et potentes potenter torguebuntur, saith another. But "the world by wisdom knows not God"; 1Co 1:21 and "not many wise... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 8:4

Psalms 49:1-Leviticus :, Psalms 50:1, Matthew 11:15, John 3:16, 2 Corinthians 5:19, 2 Corinthians 5:20, Colossians 1:23, Colossians 1:28, 1 Timothy 2:4-Joshua :, Titus 2:11, Titus 2:12, Revelation 22:17 Reciprocal: Job 28:28 - unto man Job 36:10 - commandeth Psalms 78:1 - General Proverbs 17:16 - a price Isaiah 55:1 - Ho read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 8:4

Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.O men — To all men without exception. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 8:1-4

THE CALL OF Wisdom , vv1-4. In striking contrast with the solicitations of sinful pleasure, presented in the last chapter under the type of an alluring but dissolute woman, the instructor now presents the strongest motives to the pursuit and acquisition of wisdom, which he again personifies and represents under the character of a pure, lovely, benevolent, discreet, and affectionate woman, who earnestly seeks, by all suitable means, to attract to herself the sincere affection of human hearts for... read more