Proverbs 8:1
Does not wisdom cry out, and understanding put forth her voice?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
In Context
2On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:20Wisdom cries aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the broad places.
Proverbs 3:1My son, do not forget my law, but let thy heart keep my commandments.
Isaiah 49:1Listen, O isles, to me, and hearken, ye peoples from far. LORD has called me from the womb. From the bowels of my mother he has made mention of my name.
Matthew 3:3For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of a man crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of Lord. Make his paths straight.
Matthew 28:19After going, make ye disciples of all the nations, immersing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Mark 16:15And he said to them, Having gone into all the world, preach ye the good-news to the whole creation.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 8:1
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, ver. 1-21 . God, by it, instructs, and governs, and blesses, the children of men. II. The redeemer is the eternal Word and wisdom, the Logos. He… Read the whole commentary →