WISDOM'S CRY Wisdom now reappears as a preacher, holding forth in all the places where men most do congregate. After expounding in varied ways the excellence of the gifts which she can bestow, she asserts that she was the first of all God's creatures, who stood at His side when He formed our world,... [ Continue Reading ]
The HIGH PLACES are the walls and towers, vantage-points for a speaker.... [ Continue Reading ]
WISDOM] rather, 'prudence' or 'sagacity.'... [ Continue Reading ]
Read, 'I, Wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling,' i.e. I am complete master of it. 14-16. There is no genuine statesmanship apart from wisdom. 22-31. This account of creation reminds us of Genesis 1 Job 38. God makes a vault, the firmament, which rests on the surrounding waters (Proverbs 8:27). He... [ Continue Reading ]
Read, 'The Lord formed me as the beginning of his creation': cp. Colossians 1:15; Revelation 3:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
OR] i.e. ere, before.... [ Continue Reading ]
_As_ ONE BROUGHT UP _with hint_] as a nursling or foster-child; RY 'as a master workman. 'I WAS DAILY _his_ DELIGHT] lit. 'I was delight daily day'; my whole existence was delight: cp. Psalms 120:7, 'I am peace,' all peace, nothing else.... [ Continue Reading ]
A king or great man would every morning find a crowd of clients waiting to pay their court and receive his bounties. Happy the client at Wisdom's door.... [ Continue Reading ]
He who misses wisdom wrongs himself.... [ Continue Reading ]