Proverbs 8:14 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 8:14

Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

KJV

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ASV

Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might.

WEB

Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength.

YLT

Mine is counsel and substance, I am understanding, I have might.

DBT

Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am intelligence; I have strength.

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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21 verses on the floor

2 Timothy 1:7
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Ecclesiastes 7:19
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Proverbs 24:5
A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
Psalms 16:7
I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.

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The redeemer is the eternal Word and wisdom, the Logos. He is the Wisdom that speaks to the children of men in the former part of the chapter. All divine revelation passes through his hand, and centres in him; but of him as the personal Wisdom, the second person in the Godhead, in the judgment of many of the ancients, Solomon here speaks,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Christ, as God, has strength and wisdom; wisdom and might are his; as Redeemer, he is the wisdom of God and the power of God. To all that are his he is made of God both strength and wisdom; in him they are laid up for us, that we may both know and do our duty. He is the wonderful counsellor and gives that grace which alone is sound wisdom.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

It also gives the elements of good character in counsel. sound wisdom-- (Pr 2:7). I . . . strength--or, "As for me, understanding is strength to me," the source of power (Ec 9:16); good judgment gives more efficiency to actions; 15, 16. of which a wisely conducted government is an example.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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