Proverbs 8:1
Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
In Context
2On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:20Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
Proverbs 3:1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
Isaiah 49:1Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.
Matthew 3:3This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
Matthew 28:19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them 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 preach the gospel to every creature.
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 →