Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Proverbs 8:17
I love them that love me; and those that seek me (g) early shall find me.
(g) That is, study the word of God diligently, and with a desire to profit.
I love them that love me; and those that seek me (g) early shall find me.
(g) That is, study the word of God diligently, and with a desire to profit.
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_early_ Rather DILIGENTLY, R.V. text, though R.V. marg. retains, early. See Proverbs 1:28, _note_. Wisdom is as accessible as she is desirable....
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I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. I LOVE THEM THAT LOVE ME: AND THOSE THAT SEEK ME EARLY SHALL FIND ME. So the Qeri' or Hebrew margin reads ( 'ohabay (H157)); bu...
8:17 early (i-12) Or 'earnestly.'...
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I LOVE THEM THAT LOVE ME. — Comp. John 14:21 : he that loveth me.... I will love him....
אֲ֭נִי _אֹהֲבַ֣י_† אֵהָ֑ב וּ֝ מְשַׁחֲרַ֗י יִמְצָאֻֽנְנִי׃...
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“BETTER THAN GOLD” Proverbs 8:1-21 This chapter contains a bewitching picture of Wisdom as a noble matron. Were it not for this feminine touch, we might, suppose that the Preacher had become a Pr...
The section containing the instructions of wisdom ends with two discourses, the first of which is the great call of wisdom. This takes up and deals more minutely with the call in the earlier part of t...
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_I love them that love me_ I do not despise their love, though it be but a small and inconsiderable thing to me, but I kindly accept it, and will recompense it with my love and favour; _and those that...
OF THE MESSIAH, THE PERSONAL WISDOM. The Richness of Wisdom's Gifts....
I love them that love Me, exercising this love in all the circumstances of life, AND THOSE THAT SEEK ME EARLY, as they do for the first evidences of the dawn in the East after a dark night, SHALL FIND...
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I LOVE THEM THAT LOVE ME; I do not despise their love though it be but a small and inconsiderable thing to me but I kindly accept it, and will recompense it with my love and favour. THAT SEEK ME EARLY...
Proverbs 8:17 love H157 (H8799) love H157 (H8802) diligently H7836 (H8764) find H4672 (H8799) I love
3). WISDOM HATES EVIL ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOUR BUT ENABLES JUST GOVERNMENT FROM THOSE WHO LOVE HER (PROVERBS 8:13). This subsection which majors on wisdom's role in ensuring just government where she i...
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In chapter 8 we have an ode to wisdom. Wisdom is personified. And because of the personification of wisdom in this chapter, some have even likened wisdom unto Jesus Christ. "For in Him are hid all of...
1 John 4:19; 1 Samuel 2:30; Ecclesiastes 12:1; Isaiah 45:19; Isaiah
I love — I do not despise their love, but kindly accept it and recompence it with my love and favour. Early — With sincere affection and diligence, which he mentions as the evidence of their love....