Proverbs 8:1
Is not wisdom crying out, and the voice of knowledge sounding?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
In Context
2At the top of the highways, at the meeting of the roads, she takes her place;
Cross References
Proverbs 1:20Wisdom is crying out in the street; her voice is loud in the open places;
Proverbs 3:1My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:
Isaiah 49:1Give ear, O sea-lands, to me; and take note, you peoples from far: I have been marked out by the Lord from the first; when I was still in my mother's body, he had my name in mind:
Matthew 3:3For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.
Matthew 28:19Go then, and make disciples of all the nations, giving them baptism in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:
Mark 16:15And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone.
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 →