Proverbs 8:1
Does not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
In Context
2She stands in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:20Wisdom cries without; she utters her voice in the streets:
Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my law; but let yours heart keep my commandments:
Isaiah 49:1Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, all of you people, from far; The LORD has called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name.
Matthew 3:3For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare all of you the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Matthew 28:19Go all of you therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: (o. pneuma)
Mark 16:15And he said unto them, Go all of you 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 →