Proverbs 8:1
Does wisdom not call? And understanding give forth her voice?
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
In Context
2At the head of high places by the way, || She has stood between the paths,
Cross References
Proverbs 1:20Wisdom cries aloud in an out-place, || She gives forth her voice in broad places,
Proverbs 3:1My son! Do not forget my law, || And let your heart keep my commands,
Isaiah 49:1Listen, O islands, to Me, || And attend, O peoples, from afar, || YHWH 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 having been spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “A voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the LORD, || Make His paths straight.”
Matthew 28:19having gone, then, disciple 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, proclaim the good news 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 →