Proverbs 8:12 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 8:12

I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

KJV

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ASV

I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledgeanddiscretion.

WEB

I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.

YLT

I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, And a knowledge of devices I find out.

DBT

I wisdom dwell [with] prudence, and find the knowledge [which cometh] of reflection.

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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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15 verses on the floor

Isaiah 28:26
For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
Exodus 35:30
And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the Lord hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
Proverbs 1:4
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
Exodus 31:3–6
And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
Romans 11:33
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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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 found out the knowledge of that great invention, and a costly one it was to him, man's salvation, by his satisfaction, an admirable expedient. We had found out many inventions for our ruin; he found out one for our recovery. The covenant of grace is so well ordered in all things that we must conclude that he who ordered it dwelt with prudence.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The connection of "wisdom" and "prudence" is that of the dictates of sound wisdom and its application. find . . . inventions--or, "devices," "discreet ways" (Pr 1:4).

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

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PRO 8:12ROM 11:33 JOB 11:7-9
PRO 8:12ROM 11:33 JOB 5:9
PRO 8:12ROM 11:33 PSA 92:5
PRO 8:12ROM 11:33 COL 2:2-3
PRO 8:12ROM 11:33 ROM 2:4
PRO 8:12PRO 1:4 PRO 8:5
PRO 8:12ISA 28:26 JAS 1:17
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PRO 8:12PRO 1:4 PRO 8:17

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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