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Proverbs 8:1

Does not wisdom cry out? 2 Does not understanding raise her voice? 1

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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, 2 where the paths meet, she stands. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:20Wisdom calls aloud in the street. 2 She utters her voice in the public squares. 1

Proverbs 3:1My son, don’t forget my teaching; 2 but keep my mitzvot ·instructions· in your heart: 1

Isaiah 49:1+ 49:1 a MP: Messiah comes for all people. (See also Is 42:4c). (Matt 28:18; 1 Tim 2:3-6; Eph 2:12-14) Sh'ma ·Hear obey·, islands, to me. 2 Listen, you peoples, from afar: 1 + 49:1 b MP: Messiah is called to God’s service from the womb. (Matt 1:20-21; Luke 2:11) Adonai has called me from the womb; 2 + 49:1 c MP: Messiah was named before his birth. (Matt 1:21) from the inside of my mother he has mentioned my name. 1

Matthew 3:3For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah [Salvation of Yah] the prophet, saying, 1 “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 2 make ready the way of MarYah [Master Yahweh]. 2 Make his paths + 3:3. Quoted from Is 40:3 straight.”

Matthew 28:19+ 28:19. MP: Messiah will bring salvation to the ends of the earth. (Is 49:6) + 28:19 (19-20a) MP: Messiah will proclaim a message that is new to the Gentiles. (Is 52:15) + 28:19 a (+28:20a) MPr: The King in (Psalm 21:1) is King Messiah. (Targum Ps 21:1). This same King is linked to (Is 11:10), where Rabbi Chanina explains the objective of the Messiah. King Messiah is to give specific commandments to the Gentiles. This is in parallel contrast to Israel, who receives commands directly from God himself. (Midrash Ps 21:1 (Heb Bible 21:2)). (Ps 21:1 (Heb Bible 21:2)) Go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Abba ·Father· and of the Son and of Ruach haKodesh [Spirit, Breath of the Holiness],

Mark 16:15+ 16:15. MPr: Rabbinic Tradition says, in the hour when King Messiah comes, He will stand on the roof of the Temple and proclaim the hour of their deliverance has come. Those who believe will rejoice in the light that had risen upon them (Is 60:1), “Arise, shine, for thy light is come.” This light is for those who believe only (Is 60:2), “For darkness shall cover the earth.” In that same hour, God uses the light of the Messiah and of Israel to shine on all nations that they should walk in the light of Messiah and of Israel (Is 60:3), “The Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.” (Ps 139:23-24, 26 in Yalkut, vol. ii. Par. 359, p. 56 c.). (Ps 139:23-24) He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach 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 →

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