Proverbs 8:6

excellent. Hebrew. nagid. a prince, or representative.

things. Hebrew. dabar. words (see App-73.) Hence. representative truths.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 8:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Excellent - literally, “princely things.” The word is not the same as in marginal reference, and is elsewhere always used of persons (compare “ca...
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 addre...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. Hear; for I will speak of excellent things - נגידים n...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. Hear; for I will speak of excellent things - li...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The opening of my lips shall be right things. — That is, I will open my mouth to speak them.
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 draw...
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,...
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 m...
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 lip...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hear; for I will speak of excellent things ,.... Such are the things of the Gospel; they not only excel what the light of nature dictates and direct...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips [shall be] right things. Ver. 6. I will speak of excellent things. ] ηγεμον...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
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 th...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Invitation of Wisdom. 1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding pu...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Of excellent things, Heb. of princely things , worthy of princes to learn and practise them; or such as excel common things as much as princes do...
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'...
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 “prude...
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 eve...
The Biblical Illustrator

Hear; for I will speak of excellent things. The excellency of wisdom Wisdom is represented as making a public appearance in a rude, ignorant, a...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 8:1-20 14. Fourteenth admonitory discourse concerning Wisdom—her excellence, her origin, her gifts. She is contrasted...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Of the Messiah, the Personal Wisdom. The Richness of Wisdom's Gifts.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hear; for I will speak of excellent things, stated in plain terms, but with noble and princely contents, and the opening of My lips shall be right t...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 2:6 ; 1 Corinthians 2:7 ; Colossians 1:26 ; Job 33:1-3 ; Matthew 13:35 ; Matthew 5:2-12 ; Matthew 7:28 ; Matthew 7:29 ; Prover...

⁶ Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 8:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 8:6