“ She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. ”
The full enumeration of localities points to the publicity and openness of Wisdom’s teaching (see Proverbs 1:20 note), as contrasted with the stealth and secrecy and darkness which shroud the har...
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...
high places . places of vantage. in the places of the paths . in the places where the paths meet.
She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. In the places of the paths - בית נתיבת נצבה beith nethiboth nitstsabah, "The constituted house of the paths." Does not t...
By the way, &c.— Upon the way, within, or amidst the paths. The LXX read, She hath stood in the middle of the paths.
She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. "Standeth" implies assiduous pers...
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...
She standeth in the top of high places. — i.e., in the higher parts of the city, where her voice will best be heard. By the way ... — She goes everywhere where she may find the greatest concour...
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...
She standeth in the top of high places ,.... To be both seen and heard, for which reason Christ went up into a mountain and preached, Matthew 5:1 ; by the way ; the roadside, to instruct and dire...
She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. Ver. 2. She standeth in the top of high places. ] That is, saith an interpreter, In the lofty oracles of the patriarc...
She standeth in the top of high places Where she may be best seen and heard; not in corners, and in the dark, as the harlot did; by the way in the places of the paths Where many paths meet, where...
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...
In the top of high places, where she may be best seen and heard; not in corners and in the dark, as the harlot did. In the places of the paths; where many paths meet, where there is a great concour...
1). Wisdom Calls On Men To Hear Her ( Proverbs 8:1-4 ). Wisdom had been defined for us earlier in the Prologue. She is based on ‘the fear of YHWH' ( Proverbs 1:29 ; Proverbs 2:5 ; Proverbs 9:10...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Places of the paths “in the midst of the highways.” “These ways are roads, solitary paths, not streets in the city, and the delineation proceeds in such an order as to exhibit Wis...
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...
She standeth in the top of high places. The purpose and range of Wisdom She sets up her tower everywhere, and speaks to all mankind. That is the true wisdom. When we come to understand the purp...
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.
Exodus 15:8 ; Exodus 7:15 ; Genesis 37:7 ; Judges 5:18 ; Proverbs 9:14 ; Proverbs 9:3 ; Proverbs 1:15 ; Proverbs 1:21 ; Proverbs 1:31 ; Proverbs 1:9 ; Proverbs 12:28 ; Proverbs 3:17 ; Pr...
High place — Where she may be best seen and heard. Paths — Where many paths meet, where there is a great concourse, and where travellers may need direction.