proverbs-8:5-8

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:1-21

Christ the Wisdom of God: No. 1 Though it is not to be supposed that Jesus Christ was in the mind of the writer of this passage, yet as he does personify wisdom, and as wisdom was incarnated in that Son of man who was the Son of God, we should expect to find that the words of the wise man in the text would apply, in large measure, to the Lord Jesus Christ. They do so, and suggest to us— I. THE MANNER OF HIS TEACHING . ( Proverbs 8:1-3 ) He "spake openly to the world, …... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:1-36

14. Fourteenth admonitory discourse concerning Wisdom—her excellence, her origin, her gifts. She is contrasted with the strange woman of Proverbs 7:1-27 ; and the exceeding greatness of the blessings which she offers exhibits in the most marked manner the nothingness of the deceiver's gifts. One is reminded of the celebrated episode of the choice of Hercules, delineated by Xenophon, 'Memorab.,' 2.1. 21, etc. The chapter divides itself into four sections. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:4-11

She summons various classes of persons to attend to her, showing how trustworthy she is, and how precious her instruction. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:5

O ye simple, understand wisdom. "The simple," those not yet perverted, but easily influenced for good or evil. See on Proverbs 1:4 , where also is explained the word ormah , used here for "wisdom;" equivalent to calliditas in a good sense, or πανουργία , as sometimes employed in the Septuagint; so here: νοήσατε ἄκακοι πανουργίαν , "subtlety." Ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. For "fools" ( khesilim ) , the intellectually heavy and dull, see on Proverbs 1:22... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:5

Wisdom for the simple We may divide the simple into three classes. 1 . There are those who think themselves wise while they are but fools: there is no hope for such. 2 . There are people who make no pretence to wisdom, but who have chosen folly, and are quite indifferent to the claims and charms of wisdom. 3 . There are anxious seekers after wisdom, who feel their present ignorance and incompetence with acute distress, and long to be among the wise, but despair of reaching the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:6

I will speak of excellent things; de rebus magnis, Vulgate; σεμνὰ γὰρ ἐρῶ , Septuagint. The Hebrew nagid is elsewhere used of persons; e.g. a prince, leader ( 1 Samuel 9:16 ; 1 Chronicles 26:24 ); so it may here be best translated "princely," "noble"—an epithet which the subject matter of Wisdom's discourse fully confirms (comp. Proverbs 22:20 , though the word there is different). Hitzig and others, following the Syriac, prefer the meaning, "plain, evident truths" (comp.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:7

Another coordinate reason for attention. My mouth; chek, "palate" ( Proverbs 5:3 , where see note); the organ of speech. Shall speak truth; emeth (see on Proverbs 3:3 ). The verb הָגָה ( hagah ) properly means "to speak with one's self," "to meditate;" and so the versions translate here, meditabitur, μελετήσει ; but this idea is not appropriate to the word joined with it, "the palate," and it must be taken to signify to utter, as in Psalms 35:28 ; Psalms 37:30 ,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:8

In righteousness; i.e. joined with righteousness equivalent to "righteous." In Proverbs 3:16 the Septuagint has an addition which may perhaps be an echo of this passage: "Out of her mouth proceedeth righteousness, and she beareth upon her tongue law and mercy." But more probably it is derived partly from Isaiah 45:23 , and partly from Proverbs 31:26 . There is nothing froward or perverse in them. In the utterance of Wisdom there is nothing crooked, no distortion of the truth; all... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 8:2-6

Proverbs 8:2-6 . She standeth in the top of high places Where she may be best seen and heard; not in corners, and in the dark, as the harlot did; by the way in the places of the paths Where many paths meet, where there is a great concourse, and where travellers may need direction. She crieth at the gates The places of judgment, and of the confluence of the people; at the entry of the city To invite passengers at their first coming, and to conduct them to her house; at the coming in... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:1-36

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:4-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 8:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 8:2-6

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