Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. THE FEAR OF THE LORD (IS) TO HATE EVIL. Here Wisdom gives a sample of her blessed teachings. They consist not in mere abstruse speculations, but in practical inculcation of the fear of the Lord (Proverbs 9:10) as her fundamental principle, and its consequence, the hatred of evil (Proverbs 16:6). He who reverently fears God does not approve, excuse, or admit evil, but instinctively and earnestly loathes it in every form, and even shrinks from the appearance of it (1 Thessalonians 5:22). The hatred of evil includes the love of goodness. The godl...

12-21 Wisdom, here is Christ, in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge; it is Christ in the word, and Christ in the heart; not only Christ revealed to us, but Christ revealed in us. All prudence and skill are from the Lord. Through the redemption of Christ's precious blood, the riches of his grace abound in all wisdom and prudence. Man found out many inventions for ruin; God found one for our recovery. He hates pride and arrogance, evil ways and froward conversation; these render men unwilling to hear his humbling, awakening, holy instructions. True religion gives men the best counsel in all difficult cases, and helps to make their way plain. His wisdom makes all truly happy who receive it in the love of Christ Jesus. Seek him early, seek him earnestly, seek him before any thing else. Christ never said, Seek in vain. Those who love Christ, are such as have seen his loveline...

Verse Proverbs 8:13. _THE FEAR OF THE LORD_ IS _TO HATE EVIL_] As it is impossible to hate _evil_ without loving _good_; and as hatred to _evil_ will lead a man to abandon the _evil way_; and _love to goodness_ will lead him to do what is _right_ in the sight of God, under the influence of that Spirit which has given the _hatred to evil_, and inspired the _love of goodness_: hence this implies the sum and substance of _true religion_, which is here termed _the fear of the_ _Lord_....

EXPOSITION PROVERBS 8:1 14. _Fourteenth admonitory discourse _concerning Wisdom—her excellence, her origin, her gifts. She is contrasted with the strange woman of Proverbs 7:1; and the exceeding greatness of the blessings which she offers exhibits in the most marked manner the nothingness of the deceiver's gifts. One is reminded of the celebrated episode of the choice of Hercules, delineated by Xenophon, 'Memorab.,' 2.1. 21, etc. The chapter divides itself into four sections. (1) Introductory (Proverbs 7:1); Wisdom calls on all to listen, and gives reasons for trusting to her ...

THE FEAR OF THE LORD [IS] TO HATE EVIL,.... All evil in general, evil thoughts, evil words, evil actions, evil company, evil worship, and evil doctrines; and by "the fear of the Lord", which shows itself in an hatred of evil, because of the loathsome nature of it, and being contrary to God and his will, and as it appears in the glass of the law, and especially in the glass of pardoning love, is meant not the fear of his judgments and wrath, or a distrust of his grace and goodness, much less an hypocritical fear, or a mere show of devotion; but a reverential affection for him, which is peculiar to children; a filial, godly fear, which is consistent with strong faith, great joy, and true courage; and is opposite to pride and self-confidence, and is accompanied with real holiness; it takes its rise from the grace of God, and is greatly increased and promoted by the discoveries of his love a...

FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...

CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The call and appeal of wisdom (Proverbs 8:1)_ 2. What wisdom is and what wisdom gives (Proverbs 8:12) 3. Wisdom; the Person, who He is (Proverbs 8:22) 4. The renewed appeal (Proverbs 8:32) Proverbs 8:1. This is one of the most interesting Chapter s in the entire book. It begins with a call and appeal of wisdom, much like the call and appeal of the first chapter. If wisdom calls, has a voice, then wisdom must also be a person. Who personified wisdom is we learn most blessedly in this chapt

PROVERBS 8. WISDOM SPEAKS IN HER OWN PERSON. This chapter forms at once the nucleus and the climax of this section of the book. The series of addresses on practical wisdom is fitly closed by a profounder presentation of wisdom as the moving principle in the ways of God. It reinforces the practical maxims of Proverbs 8:1 with the fundamental principle that the wise man is in harmony with God. Its date probably fixes the date of the whole section (see Introduction, and for a fuller discussion especially Cheyne, _Job and Solomon,_ pp. 156f.). The relation of the conception of Wisdom personified to the Stoic Logos and to Greek philosophy in general cannot be discussed here. (See _Wisdom Literature_ in HDB, and especially the excellent introduction by Holmes to the Book of Wisdom in Charles-' _Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha._) The two main lines of development of this conception in H

THE FEAR, &C. See note on Proverbs 1:7. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. HATE. This is far beyond Zophar's mistaken definition of it in Job 28:28. A man may "depart" from evil from _policy,_ while he loves it in his heart. But to "hate" it comes only from Divine wisdom. By nature men love evil (Jeremiah 17:9; Matthew 7:17; Matthew 15:19; John 3:19; Romans 3:10

_I hate_ This quiet identification of herself by Wisdom with _the fear of the Lord_, in the first clause of the verse, is significant. See Introd., p. 31....