“ Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. ”
Proverbs 8. Wisdom Speaks in her own Person. This chapter forms at once the nucleus and the climax of this section of the book. The series of addresses on practical wisdom is fitly closed by a prof...
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. Receive my instruction, and not silver - A Hebrew idiom; receive my instruction in preference to silver.
Receive my instruction, and not silver— Rather than silver; that is to say , preferably to silver; or it may be, "Give not your heart to money, if you would possess wisdom." It is impossible to...
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. Receive my instruction, and not silver. Thou canst not make as thy chief aim the acquisition of silver and that...
Wisdom's Cry Wisdom now reappears as a preacher, holding forth in all the places where men most do congregate. After expounding in varied ways the excellence of the gifts which she can bestow, she...
CHAPTER 9 THE FIRST-BORN OF THE CREATOR "Doth not Wisdom cry?"- Proverbs 8:1 In the last chapter a dark and revolting picture of Vice was drawn. This chapter contains a lovely and living pictu...
“Better than Gold” Proverbs 8:1-21 This chapter contains a bewitching picture of Wisdom as a noble matron. Were it not for this feminine touch, we might, suppose that the Preacher had become a...
The section containing the instructions of wisdom ends with two discourses, the first of which is the great call of wisdom. This takes up and deals more minutely with the call in the earlier part of...
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. For my mouth shall speak...
Receive my instruction, and not silver ,.... Not but that silver may be desired, sought after and received, consistent with the instructions of wisdom; though an anxious, immoderate, sinful pursuit...
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. Ver. 10. Receive mine instruction, and not money. ] That is, Rather than money; as, "I will have mercy, and not sacri...
For my mouth shall speak truth Hebrew, יהגה, shall meditate , that is, shall speak, not rashly and hastily, but what I have well considered and digested. Wickedness is an abomination , &c. I...
To the writer Proverbs 8:1-36 provides one of the clearest proofs that the Lord Jesus is the Son of the Father from eternity. It is certainly not the only Scripture that proves this precious and won...
The Invitation of Wisdom. 1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? 2 She standeth in the top of...
And not silver, i.e. rather than silver, as such negative expressions are understood, Genesis 45:8 Exodus 16:8 Jeremiah 7:22 , Jeremiah 16:14,15 , and in many other places. Though withal he...
2). Wisdom Calls On The Naive And On Fools To Pay Heed To Her Words Because Her Instruction Is Both True And Valuable ( Proverbs 8:5-13 ). Wisdom's words come especially to the naive and to ‘fools...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 8:11 . Rubies , “pearls.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH— Proverbs 8:10-11 WISDOM BETTER THAN WEALTH I. Wisdom is to be preferred to wealth because it belongs...
Proverbs 8:1 . Doth not Wisdom cry? This woman is the reverse of the harlot, in the preseding chapter. She represents true religion clothed in every form of grace and glory: Christ, the Word and W...
Receive my instruction, and not silver. The commendation of wisdom I. Knowledge must be received. 1. Do not refuse knowledge offered you in the Book of God. 2. Do not refuse instruction o...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 8:1-20 14. Fourteenth admonitory discourse concerning Wisdom—her excellence, her origin, her gifts. She is contrasted with the strange woman of Proverbs 7:1-20 ; and...
Of the Messiah, the Personal Wisdom. The Richness of Wisdom's Gifts.
2 Corinthians 6:10 ; Acts 3:6 ; Ecclesiastes 7:11 ; Proverbs 10:20 ; Proverbs 16:16 ; Proverbs 2:4 ; Proverbs 2:5 ; Proverbs 23:23 ; Proverbs 3:13 ; Proverbs 3:14 ; Psalms 119:127 ; Psalm...
And not silver — Rather than silver.