Proverbs 8:6-13

Wisdom and morality 8:6-13

Wisdom and godliness are practically synonymous (cf. Proverbs 1:7). Proverbs 8:9 means that the person who already has walked down wisdom’s path for a distance can appreciate the moral rightness of wisdom better than someone who has not.

"What the verse says is not that Wisdom’s words are clear, intelligible, simple to the instructed, but that they commend themselves as true . . ." [Note: Toy, p. 163.]

"The simplicity of integrity is the profundity of wisdom. . . . Integrity is the moral dimension that separates wisdom from intelligence, learning and cleverness." [Note: Larsen, p. 73.]

True wisdom is resourceful and discreet (Proverbs 8:13). This pericope speaks of the essential excellence of wisdom.