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Proverbs 8:1

Proverbs 8:1
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?

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Commentary

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Doth not wisdom cry?.... Christ, who is the Wisdom of God; See Gill on Pro 1:20; and which clearly appears from his subsistence with the Father, his eternal existence, and from many personal…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

A companion picture to that in Prov. 7, and serving in some measure to generalize and idealize it. Wisdom also calls Pro 8:5 to the “simple” and the “fools,” and they have to choose between her voice…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Proverbs 8:1-11

The will of God revealed to us for our salvation is here largely represented to us as easy to be known and understood, that none may have an excuse for their ignorance or error, and as worthy to be…