“ The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. ”
A verse which has played an important part in the history of Christian dogma. Wisdom reveals herself as preceding all creation, stamped upon it all, one with God, yet in some way distinguishable fr...
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, (k) before his works of old. (k) He declares by this the divinity and eternity of this wisdom, which he magnifies and praises through this book: me...
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...
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way - Wisdom is not acquired by the Divine Being; man, and even angels, learn...
The Lord possessed me in the beginning— All this, says Calmet, respects the Eternal Wisdom, the Word of the Father. This verse is very similar to John 1:1 . The LXX render it, He created me the b...
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. "Possessed me" х qaanaaniy ( H7069...
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...
The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way. — The Hebrew word translated” possessed” in this passage ( qânah ) seems originally to have signified to” set up” or “establish,” and is applied (...
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...
Finding Wisdom, Finding Life Proverbs 8:22-36 The world did not come into being by chance . It was created by an intelligent Creator. Nothing is arbitrary or by accident. Law is the expression...
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...
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; w...
The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way ,.... Not "created me", as the Targum and the Septuagint version; which version Arius following gave birth to his pernicious doctrine; who from henc...
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. Ver. 22. The Lord possessed me. ] Not created me, a as the Arians out of the Septuagint pressed it, to prove Christ a...
The Lord possessed me As his eternal Wisdom and Word, which was in the beginning with him, John 1:1 , and in him, John 14:10 , and was afterward made flesh , and dwelt among men, as the onl...
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...
Wisdom Eternal and Divine. 22 The L ORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. 23 I was...
Possessed me, as his Son by eternal generation, who was from eternity with him, as is said, 1 Thessalonians 14:10 ; and in him , as he also was in me, 1 Thessalonians 14:10 . In the beginni...
5) Wisdom Was With God In Creation And Rejoices In The Ongoing Of His Creation ( Proverbs 8:22-31 ). Lest we have any doubt about what wisdom Solomon is speaking about he now makes it very clear (...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 8:22 . Jehovah possessed me . The signification of this verb has been the subject of much discussion; ancient expositors, believing Wisdom here to be the eternal Son of G...
The Lord possessed me That wisdom is more than the personification of an attribute of God, or of the will of God as best for man, but is a distinct adumbration of Christ, is sure to the devout...
Proverbs 8:22-30 This is a description of the original solitude of God by a witness, His only-begotten and well-beloved Son. I. This solitude was serene and happy. Even among men solitude is not...
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...
The Lord possessed us in the beginning of His way. Wisdom the first creation of God Here is the noble idea which overturns at a touch all mythological speculations about the origin of things--a...
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...
The Lord possessed Me, brought Me into being, the reference being to the eternal begetting of the Father by which the Son was brought forth from eternity, Psalms 2:7 , in the beginning of His way,...
Colossians 1:17 ; John 1:1 ; John 1:2 ; Proverbs 3:19
Possessed me — As his son by eternal generation, before the beginning. Of old — His works of creation.