Proverbs 8:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing frowardb or perverse in them. ”

Proverbs 8:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Words of the ideal Wisdom, which find their highest fulfillment in that of the Incarnate Word. Compare Luke 4:22 ; Matthew 11:19 .
Proverbs 8:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Proverbs 8:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

words . sayings. Hebrew. imrah. froward . twisted, or crafty.
Proverbs 8:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. All the words - are in righteousness - בצדק betsedek, in justice and equity, testifying what man owes...
Proverbs 8:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. All the words of my mouth (are) in righteousness; (there is) nothing froward (literally, distorte...
Proverbs 8:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Proverbs 8:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Froward. — That is, twisted, or crooked.
Proverbs 8:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Proverbs 8:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“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...
Proverbs 8:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Proverbs 8:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Proverbs 8:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness ,.... Or "with righteousness" x; are connected with it, are agreeable to it; are righteous ones, consistent with righteousness, with the righteous na...
Proverbs 8:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness; [there is] nothing froward or perverse in them. Ver. 8. All the words. ] The Rabbis have a saying, that there is a mountain of sense hanging upon...
Proverbs 8:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Proverbs 8:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Proverbs 8:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Invitation of Wisdom. 1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? 2 She standeth in the top of...
Proverbs 8:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

All the words of my mouth; all my precepts, promises, threatenings, &c. Nothing froward or perverse in them; not the least mixture of vanity, or error, or folly in them, as there is in the wo...
Proverbs 8:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Proverbs 8:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 8:5 . Wisdom . This is a different word from the one used in Proverbs 8:1 , and may be translated “subtilty,” or “prudence,” and though it is here used in a good sense,...
Proverbs 8:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Proverbs 8:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Proverbs 8:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Of the Messiah, the Personal Wisdom. The Richness of Wisdom's Gifts.
Proverbs 8:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 45:23 ; Isaiah 63:1 ; John 7:46 ; Proverbs 8:13 ; Psalms 12:6

Proverbs 8:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 8:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 8:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 8:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 8:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 8:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 8:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 8:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 8:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 8:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 8:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 8:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 8:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 8:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 8:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 8:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 8:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 8:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 8:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 8:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 8:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 8:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 8:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge