Proverbs 8

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 8

The word of God is two-fold, and, in both senses, is wisdom; for a word without wisdom is of little value, and wisdom without a word is of little use. Now, I. Divine revelation is the word and wisdom of God, and that pure religion and undefiled which is built upon it; and of that Solomon here speaks, recommending it to us as faithful, and well worthy of all acceptation, Prov. 8:1-21. God, by it, instructs, and governs, and blesses, the children of men. II. The redeemer is the eternal Word and... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 8:1-11

The will of God revealed to us for our salvation is here largely represented to us as easy to be known and understood, that none may have an excuse for their ignorance or error, and as worthy to be embraced, that none may have an excuse for their carelessness and unbelief. I. The things revealed are easy to be known, for they belong to us and to our children (Deut. 29:29), and we need not soar up to heaven, or dive into the depths, to get the knowledge of them (Deut. 30:11), for they are... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 8:12-21

Wisdom here is Christ, in whom are hidden 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. It is the word of God, the whole compass of divine revelation; it is God the Word, in whom all divine revelation centres; it is the soul formed by the word; it is Christ formed in the soul; it is religion in the purity and power of it. Glorious things are here spoken of this excellent person, this... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 8:22-31

That it is an intelligent and divine person that here speaks seems very plain, and that it is not meant of a mere essential property of the divine nature, for Wisdom here has personal properties and actions; and that intelligent divine person can be no other than the Son of God himself, to whom the principal things here spoken of wisdom are attributed in other scriptures, and we must explain scripture by itself. If Solomon himself designed only the praise of wisdom as it is an attribute of... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 8:32-36

We have here the application of Wisdom's discourse; the design and tendency of it is to bring us all into an entire subjection to the laws of religion, to make us wise and good, not to fill our heads with speculations, or our tongues with disputes, but to rectify what is amiss in our hearts and lives. In order to this, here is, I. An exhortation to hear and obey the voice of Wisdom, to attend and comply with the good instructions that the word of God gives us, and in them to discern the voice... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 8

INTRODUCTION TO PROVERBS 8 This chapter contains the instructions of Wisdom or Christ; showing the excellency of them, and the author of them, in opposition to the harlot and her allurements, in the preceding chapter. Christ, under the name of Wisdom, is represented as an herald, publishing the Gospel in the ministry of the word, either in person or by his servants, Proverbs 8:1 . The places where this proclamation is made are described, Proverbs 8:2 ; the persons to whom, Proverbs... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 8:1

Doth not wisdom cry ?.... Christ, who is the Wisdom of God; See Gill on Proverbs 1:20 ; and which clearly appears from his subsistence with the Father, his eternal existence, and from many personal properties, characters, and actions ascribed to him throughout the whole of this chapter, and in the following. "Crying" is here attributed to him, which signifies proclaiming, publishing, preaching the everlasting Gospel, which directs men in the right way of enjoying peace, comfort, honour,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 8:2

She standeth in the top of high places ,.... To be both seen and heard, for which reason Christ went up into a mountain and preached, Matthew 5:1 ; by the way ; the roadside, to instruct and direct passengers as they go along, to show them the right way, and caution them against taking wrong ways; so did Christ, Matthew 16:6 ; in the places of the paths ; or, "between the paths" F19 בית נתיבת "in mediis semitis", V. L. "inter semitas", Tigurine version, Baynus; so some in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 8:3

She crieth at the gates ,.... Of the temple, or of the city, where the courts of judicature were, and persons met on civil accounts; and where people were continually passing and repassing; at the entry of the city ; meeting those that came out of the country to the city upon trade and business; at the coming in at the doors ; of the temple, or city, or private houses; all these expressions denote the publicness of the Gospel ministry, both by Christ himself, who spake openly to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 8:4

Unto you, O men, I call ,.... Not angels, the fallen angels; for, as they had nothing to do with Christ, he had nothing to do with them, or say unto them, Matthew 8:29 ; nor the brutes, irrational creatures; for, though the Gospel is to be preached to every creature, yet only to rational ones, Mark 16:15 , "men", whom God has loved and Christ has redeemed; these are by the Gospel called, and called effectually. There are some men indeed who are only externally called; but there are... read more

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