From Nave’s Topical Bible
Personification
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 4Passages listed
- 1Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
The passages, in Bible order (4)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 4 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Proverbs 1:1
These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel,
Commentary on Proverbs 1:12 voices
You ask me … why it is that sometimes in my writings I quote examples from secular literature and thus defile the whiteness of the church with the foulness of heathenism. I will now briefly answer your question.… Both in Moses and in the prophets there are passages cited from Gentile books, and … Solomon proposed questions to the philosophers of Tyre and answered others put by them.
Jerome· LETTER 70.2, 420Patristic
The proverbs of Solomon,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Proverbs 2:1–9
My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,
Commentary on Proverbs 2:1–92 voices
Wisdom is open to all and loves humankind. Anyway, Solomon says, "My son, if you accept my words of instruction and keep them deep within you, your ear will listen to wisdom." This means that the word is sown and kept deep in the soul of the learner as if in the ground. This is spiritual growth.So he adds, "You shall direct your heart to understanding and direct it towards instruction for your son."
Clement of Alexandria· The Stromata Book 1, 215Patristic
My son,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Proverbs 8:1
Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice?
Commentary on Proverbs 8:12 voices
Possibly both may be joined together, and the chapter may be understood of Christ considered partly in his personal capacity, and partly in regard of his office, which was to impart the mind and will of God to mankind.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765Evangelical
Does not wisdom cry out? etc. Has not the Lord spoken openly to the world? and has he spoken nothing in secret (John. XVII)? Why then, neglecting His Gospel, do the wretched rather flock to listen to heresy, or the seduction of vice, which whisper …
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735Patristic
- Proverbs 9:1
Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.
Commentary on Proverbs 9:12 voices
Wisdom hath builded her house,.... Or "Wisdoms": of which see Pro 1:20; Christ, the Wisdom of God, is meant, in whom and from whom all wisdom is. Various are the opinions concerning this house built by him. Some take it to be the whole circle of sciences, and the seven pillars to be the seven liberal ones, as Aben Ezra; though rather, as others, it may design the schools of the prophets, in which young men were trained up in the knowledge of divine and spiritual things.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
A parable full of beauty, and interesting in its parallelism to the parables of our Lord Mat 22:3-4; Luk 14:16. Seven pillars - The number is chosen as indicating completeness and perfection. God revealing Himself in nature, resting in His work, entering into covenant with human beings - these were the ideas conveyed by it.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical