Proverbs 8:1
Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?
World Messianic Bible
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, where the paths meet, she stands.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:20Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.
Proverbs 3:1My son, don’t forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,
Isaiah 49:1Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: the LORD has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.
Matthew 3:3For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make the way of the Lord ready! Make his paths straight!”
Matthew 28:19Go and make disciples of all nations, immersing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Mark 16:15He said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim 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 →