Proverbs 8:1
Doth not wisdom call? And understanding give forth her voice?
Young's Literal Translation
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, Between the paths she hath stood,
Cross References
Proverbs 1:20Wisdom in an out-place crieth aloud, In broad places she giveth forth her voice,
Proverbs 3:1My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,
Isaiah 49:1Hearken, O isles, unto me, And attend, O peoples, from afar, Jehovah from the womb hath called me, From the bowels of my mother He hath made mention of my name.
Matthew 3:3for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, 'A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.'
Matthew 28:19having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them — to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
Mark 16:15and he said to them, 'Having gone to 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 →