Proverbs 8:5

Ye simple — Who want knowledge, and experience. Fools — Wilful sinners.

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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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

simple. See note on Proverbs 1:4 . wisdom. Hebrew. 'armah. Not the same word as in Proverbs 8:1 . shrewdness. See note on Proverbs 1:2 ....
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Wisdom ] rather, 'prudence' or 'sagacity.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

O ye simple. — See above on Proverbs 1:4 for an explanation of “simple,” as also of “wisdom” (‘o rmah ) there translated “subtilty.” Ye fools....
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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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

Ye simple; who want knowledge and experience, and are easily deceived. Ye fools; wilful and obstinate sinners.
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

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

Ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. Are you a fool? The word “fool” is derived from a Latin verb, signifying “to be inflated with air”;...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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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

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⁵ O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 8:5

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

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