![]() They are all plain to him that understandeth,Īnd all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to her." There is nothing crooked or perverse in them. "Hear, for I will speak excellent things Īnd the opening of my lips shall be right things.Īnd wickedness is an abomination to my lips.Īll the words of my mouth are in righteousness REASONS WHY MEN SHOULD HEED HER ADMONITIONS The word is used 49 times in Proverbs, eighteen times in Ecclesiastes, and three times elsewhere." The word `fools' is what we call the moral vocabulary of Proverbs. "The `simple' here are not the mentally handicapped, but sinners. What a contrast there is between the woman Wisdom, as depicted here, and the woman Vice as revealed in the previous chapter! "Wisdom does not speak in whispered seductive tones under the cover of twilight and darkness" she thunders the truth from the gates of the city, shouts it in the public streets, and demands that all men of every class and condition heed her admonitions. She again warns against disobeying her commandments." īeside the gates, at the entrance of the city,Īt the coming in of the doors, she crieth aloud:Īnd ye fools, be of an understanding heart." She discourses regarding her eternity ( Proverbs 8:22-31). Displays her excellence ( Proverbs 8:12-21). ![]() Wisdom calls all to listen ( Proverbs 8:1-5), and gives reasons for trusting her ( Proverbs 8:6-11). Such New Testament passages as 1 Corinthians 8:6 Colossians 1:15-18 Hebrews 1:3 and Revelation 3:14, written by the apostles Paul and John, clearly teach that the terminology used in this chapter regarding Wisdom has its full and complete meaning only in, `Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God' ( 1 Corinthians 1:24)." "The Christological interpretation of this chapter has existed from the earliest Christian centuries. Being himself so wise, how could he have failed to know that someday there would indeed be an Incarnate Wisdom, a glorious and eternal contrast with the Incarnate Vice (whom he had just described in the previous chapter, and to which he himself bore a striking resemblance)? In his marvelous description of Wisdom personified, and in tracing out her sweet and high-souled utterances the teacher (Solomon), unconsciously to himself, becomes a prophet, and presents, as we shall see, a faint and wavering image of Him who of God was to be made the Wisdom of God unto men and who would exhibit the perfect life embodying in their fullness all of the attributes of Wisdom." "Solomon, the wisest of men, had in himself personally become (almost) a personification of a dark and vicious life. Nevertheless, Christ is most certainly in it and there is nothing here that, in any sense, contradicts the New Testament revelation concerning either our Lord Jesus Christ or the acceptance for generations of the teachings of Christian theologians who have applied many of the things written here to Christ. It is primarily a personification of Wisdom and that pinpoints the stupidity of the Arian heresy that tried to challenge the Divinity and Eternal Existence of Christ upon the basis of a personification, a personification that does not pretend to say even one word about Jesus Christ. That the passage most certainly carries the most significant overtones of Jesus Christ himself is undeniable, although it falls short of being a prophecy. Are they to be understood as speaking of Christ or, are they merely a personification of Wisdom in the literary and poetic sense alone? The great problem in the chapter is the interpretation of Proverbs 8:22-31. It includes a profound presentation of Wisdom as the moving principle of the ways of God." Young people continue to face pressures as they grow, and looking to the Virgin Mary for inspiration is not such a bad idea."This chapter forms at once the nucleus and the climax of this section of Proverbs. The Virgin Mary was but a youngling when she first received word that she would be carrying the Son of God with her. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. ![]() And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. And the angel said to her, Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And he came to her and said, Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you! But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David.
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