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 1:4To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,
- 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 →
Genesis 14 verses
- Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Genesis 1:2Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
- Genesis 1:9And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
- Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
- Read Genesis 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 →

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Proverbs 93 verses
- Proverbs 9:3She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.
- 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 →
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 →
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.
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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 →

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