Proverbs 8:1
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding give forth her voice?
Darby Translation
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, at the cross-paths she taketh her stand.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:20Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth her voice in the broadways;
Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart observe my commandments;
Isaiah 49:1Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples from afar. Jehovah hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
Matthew 3:3For this is he who has been spoken of through Esaias the prophet, saying, Voice of him that crieth in the wilderness: prepare ye the way of [the] Lord, make straight his paths.
Matthew 28:19Go [therefore] and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them to 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 preach the glad tidings to all the 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 →