Lady Wisdom's great self-portrait, answering chapter 7's seductress. She cries at the gates: her instruction is better than silver; by her kings reign; she loves them that love her. Then the deep past: 'Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old… When he established the heavens, I was there… I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him', the passage the church has long read toward Christ our wisdom (with the Arian controversy over 8:22 handled on the Christ Our Wisdom study). 'Whoso findeth me findeth life.'

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary and John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament.

Context

Poetry · Solomon, Agur, Lemuel — Proverbs overview

A. 1–11 Wisdom Cries at the Gates: Better Than Rubies
B. 12–21 By Me Kings Reign and Princes Decree Justice
C. 22–31 Before the Mountains: I Was Daily His Delight
D. 32–36 Whoso Findeth Me Findeth Life

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Proverbs 35 verses
- Proverbs 3:13Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding,
- Proverbs 3:14for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
- Proverbs 3:16Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
- Proverbs 3:19The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
- Proverbs 3:20By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.
- Read Proverbs 3 →
Proverbs 14 verses
- Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
- Proverbs 1:20Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;
- Proverbs 1:22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
- Read Proverbs 1 →
John 73 verses
- John 7:17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
- John 7:37On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
- John 7:46“Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.
- Read John 7 →
Proverbs 43 verses
- Proverbs 4:1Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
- Proverbs 4:2For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.
- Proverbs 4:5Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.
- Read Proverbs 4 →

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Psalms 1193 verses
- Psalms 119:1Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
- Psalms 119:72The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
- Psalms 119:127Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
- Read Psalms 119 →
John 12 verses
- John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- John 1:18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
- Read John 1 →
Matthew 32 verses
- Matthew 3:3This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
- Matthew 3:17And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
- Read Matthew 3 →
Proverbs 92 verses
- Proverbs 9:4“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
- Proverbs 9:14She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
- Read Proverbs 9 →

Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.