Proverbs 8:1-3 NIV

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

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 8:1

Doth not wisdom cry? - Here wisdom is again personified; but the prosopopoeia is carried on to a greater length than before, and with much more variety. It is represented in this chapter in a twofold point of view: Wisdom, the power of judging rightly, implying the knowledge of Divine and human things. As an attribute of God, particularly displayed in the various and astonishing works of creation. Nor has it any other meaning in this whole chapter, whatever some of the fathers may have... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 8:2

In the places of the paths - נצבה נתיבת בית beith nethiboth nitstsabah , "The constituted house of the paths." Does not this mean the house of public worship? the tabernacle or temple, which stands a center to the surrounding villages, the paths from all the parts leading to and terminating at it? In such a place, where the holy word of God is read or preached, there in a particular manner does wisdom cry, and understanding lift up her voice. There are the warnings, the precepts, and the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 8:3

She crieth at the gates - This might be well applied to the preaching of Jesus Christ and his apostles, and their faithful successors in the Christian ministry. He went to the temple, and proclaimed the righteousness of the Most High: he did the same in the synagogues, on the mountains, by the sea-side, in the villages, in the streets of the cities, and in private houses. His disciples followed his track: in the same way, and in the same spirit, they proclaimed the unsearchable riches of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:1

Doth not Wisdom cry? (see on Proverbs 1:20 , and Introduction). The interrogative form, which expects an affirmative answer, is a mode of asserting a truth universally allowed. Wisdom is personified, though we are not so plainly confronted by an individual, as in the preceding case of the harlot. But it must be remembered that, whatever may have been the author's exact meaning, however worldly a view the original enunciation may have afforded, we, reading these chapters by the light cast... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:1-9

Wisdom's proclamation Again it is a poetical personification of truth, of God's Word, of religion, morality, sense, prudence; for all these are included in the comprehensive conception of wisdom that is placed before us. I. THE PROCLAMATION OF TRUTH HAS NEVER FAILED IN THE WORLD . The cry is coeval with the world, with the conscience of man. The preacher has an institution second to none in antiquity and in honour. II. THE PREACHER MUST RE CONSPICUOUS ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:1-21

The excellency of Divine wisdom: No. 1 In these verses we have portrayed to us the surpassing excellency of the wisdom of God. I. IT IS AUDIBLE TO EVERY ONE . "Doth not Wisdom cry," etc.? ( Proverbs 8:1 ; see homily on Proverbs 1:20-23 ). II. IT IS URGENT AND IMPORTUNATE . ( Proverbs 8:2-4 ; see homily on Proverbs 1:20-23 .) III. IT MAKES ITS APPEAL TO UNIVERSAL MAN . ( Proverbs 8:4 , Proverbs 8:5 .) "Unto you, O men, I call,"... read more

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

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

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 8:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 8:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 8:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:1-21

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