the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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Proverbs 8:12
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"I, Wisdom, live together with good judgment. I know where to discover knowledge and discernment.
I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledge [and] discretion.
"I am wisdom, and I have good judgment. I also have knowledge and good sense.
"I, wisdom, live with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.
I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of ingenious inventions.
"I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion.
"I, [godly] wisdom, reside with prudence [good judgment, moral courage and astute common sense], And I find knowledge and discretion.
"I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.
Y, wisdom, dwelle in counsel; and Y am among lernyd thouytis.
I wisdom have made subtilty my dwelling, and find out knowledge and discretion.
I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.
I am Wisdom—Common Sense is my closest friend; I possess knowledge and sound judgment.
I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling, And find out knowledge and discretion.
I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.
"I, wisdom, live together with caution; I attain knowledge and discretion.
I wisdom dwell [with] prudence, and find the knowledge [which cometh] of reflection.
"I am Wisdom. I live with Good Judgment. I am at home with Knowledge and Planning.
I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of devices.
I wisedome dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inuentions.
"I, wisdom, live with understanding, and I find much learning and careful thinking.
I, wisdom, live with prudence, and I attain knowledge and discretion.
I wisdome dwell with prudence, and I find foorth knowledge and counsels.
I wisdom have created prudence, and I posses knowledge and reason.
I am Wisdom, and I have insight; I have knowledge and sound judgment.
I, wisdom, inhabit shrewdness, - and, the knowledge of sagacious things, I gain.
I, wisdom, dwell in counsel, and am present in learned thoughts.
I, wisdom, dwell in prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.
I wysdome dwell with counsell, and finde out knowledge and vnderstanding.
I wisdom have dwelt with counsel and knowledge, and I have called upon understanding.
I, wisdom, share a home with shrewdnessand have knowledge and discretion.
"I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion.
I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
I, wisdom, live with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.
I, wisdom, dwell with sense, and I find knowledge of discretions.
I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, And a knowledge of devices I find out.
I wysdome haue my dwellynge wt knowlege, and prudent councell is myne owne.
"I am Lady Wisdom, and I live next to Sanity; Knowledge and Discretion live just down the street. The Fear-of- God means hating Evil, whose ways I hate with a passion— pride and arrogance and crooked talk. Good counsel and common sense are my characteristics; I am both Insight and the Virtue to live it out. With my help, leaders rule, and lawmakers legislate fairly; With my help, governors govern, along with all in legitimate authority. I love those who love me; those who look for me find me. Wealth and Glory accompany me— also substantial Honor and a Good Name. My benefits are worth more than a big salary, even a very big salary; the returns on me exceed any imaginable bonus. You can find me on Righteous Road—that's where I walk— at the intersection of Justice Avenue, Handing out life to those who love me, filling their arms with life—armloads of life!
"I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And I find knowledge and discretion.
"I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And I find knowledge and discretion.
"I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,And I find knowledge and discretion.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I wisdom: Psalms 104:24, Isaiah 55:8, Isaiah 55:9, Romans 11:33, Ephesians 1:8, Ephesians 1:11, Ephesians 3:10, Colossians 2:3
prudence: or, subtlety
knowledge: Exodus 31:3-6, Exodus 35:30-35, Exodus 36:1-4, 1 Kings 7:14, 1 Chronicles 28:12, 1 Chronicles 28:19, 2 Chronicles 13:14, Isaiah 28:26
Cross-References
The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
And the waters receded continually from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.
So it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.
Then he sent out a raven, which kept going to and fro until the waters had dried up from the earth.
He also sent out from himself a dove, to see if the waters had receded from the face of the ground.
And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent the dove out from the ark.
Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD!
And I will wait on the LORD, Who hides His face from the house of Jacob; And I will hope in Him.
And it will be said in that day: "Behold, this is our God; We have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is the LORD; We have waited for Him; We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I Wisdom dwell with Prudence,.... Here Wisdom begins to speak in her own person, and continues to do so unto the end of the chapter; or Christ describes himself, pencils out and draws his own picture, and a most lovely one it is. In this clause Christ is described by the habitation in which he dwells, "I Wisdom inhabit Prudence" c; so the words may be rendered; that is the house in which I dwell: or by his companion with whom he dwells, "with Prudence"; that is my companion with whom I am familiarly conversant. The phrase, taken both ways, shows that Christ is very largely, yea, fully possessed of prudence; as a man that dwells in a house is the proprietor and possessor of it, so prudence is Christ's; it belongs to him, he enjoys it; he dwells in prudence, and prudence dwells in him; all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are in him, and the Spirit of wisdom rests upon him: and also it shows that prudence is natural to him, and not adventitious; it does not come from abroad, nor does he go abroad for it; he and Prudence are as it were born and brought up together in one and the same house: and likewise that there is an intimacy and familiarity between them; Prudence is most present with Christ, is always near him, and ready at hand to be exercised by him; as it was when he was incarnate on earth; he "dealt prudently", as it was prophesied he should, Isaiah 52:13; which appeared in his disputation with the doctors in the temple at twelve years of age; by his prudent answers to the ensnaring questions of his enemies; and throughout the whole of his ministry, both as to the manner and matter of it and particularly at the time of his seizure, arraignment, trial, and crucifixion. Or by "prudence" may be meant prudent men, such as are possessed of this quality or virtue, and with such Wisdom, or Christ, dwells; not with the wise and prudent of this world; nor with such who are so in their own conceit; but with such who are sensible of their folly; who are humbled under a sense of sin, and are made wise unto salvation; who believe in Christ, which is a point of the highest prudence; and who walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise; such as these have the presence and company of Christ;
and find out knowledge of witty inventions; the word מזמות is sometimes used in an ill sense, and is rendered "wicked devices",
Proverbs 12:2; and may be taken in this sense here. Christ, who is God omniscient, knows all that is in the hearts of men; all their thoughts, schemes, and devices; he found out, he scented the knowledge of them when here on earth; he was privy to the secret thoughts and wickedness of men's hearts; he knew all the hypocritical designs and views of the Pharisees, when they tempted him with ensnaring questions; he was apprised of all the ways and methods they devised to take away his life before the time, and so escaped them; he found out the knowledge of Judas's wicked scheme to betray him, and spoke of it to him and others before it was executed; and he knew all the wicked devices and stratagems of Satan against himself, in tempting him in the wilderness, and in putting it into the heart of Judas to betray him; and he knows all his wiles and artful schemes to decoy his people, and makes them known unto them, so that they are not ignorant of his devices. Moreover, it may be understood and interpreted in a good sense, of the thoughts, devices, and purposes of God's heart, as in
Jeremiah 23:20; and particularly as relating to man's redemption and salvation: this is a device or "invention" of God; sin is man's invention, by which he fell; but the recovery of man is the invention of God; he found out the persons to be saved in his eternal decrees; and the person that should be the Saviour of them in his council and covenant, and appointed him for the work; and he found out the way and manner of saving men by him, even by the ransom and sacrifice of himself: and this is a "witty" invention, wherein God has abounded in all wisdom and prudence; as appears by settled upon so proper a person to be the Saviour as his own Son; by bringing it about in a way so agreeable to all his perfections, to the satisfaction of his justice, and the honour of his law; and in making such partakers of it, and in such a way, as most glorifies the riches of his grace. And this scheme Christ has full knowledge of, being in the bosom of his Father, as one brought up with him; and was the Angel of the great council, and present when the design was formed; and besides he has found it to his cost, even at the expense of his precious blood; and so has "obtained", or "found redemption" for us, as the phrase is in Hebrews 9:12, and having found it, and the knowledge of it, he makes it known to others by his Spirit, word, and ministers. Likewise these "witty inventions" may be interpreted of the whole Gospel, and the doctrines of it; the Gospel is an "invention", not of men, but of God; not a scheme and device of men, but of God; it is not taught by men, and learned of them, or of them only, but of God; and a "witty" one it is, it is the wisdom of God, the manifold wisdom of God, though esteemed foolishness by men. This Christ has "found out the knowledge of"; he has full and perfect knowledge of it, it is hid in him; it came and was preached by him, as it never was before or since; and he communicated, and still does communicate the knowledge of it; and blessed are they that know the joyful sound!
c שכנתי ערמה "habito astutim", Cocceius; "prudentiam", Michaelis; "solertiam", Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Wisdom first speaks warnings (Proverbs 1:24 note), next promises (Proverbs 2:1 note); but here she neither promises nor threatens, but speaks of her own excellence. “Prudence” is the “subtilty” (see the margin), the wiliness of the serpent Genesis 3:1, in itself neutral, but capable of being turned to good as well as evil. Wisdom, occupied with things heavenly and eternal, also “dwells with” the practical tact and insight needed for the life of common men. “Witty inventions” are rather counsels. The truth intended is, that all special rules for the details of life spring out of the highest Wisdom as their source.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 8:12. I wisdom dwell with prudence — Prudence is defined, wisdom applied to practice; so wherever true wisdom is, it will lead to action, and its activity will be always in reference to the accomplishment of the best ends by the use of the most appropriate means. Hence comes what is here called knowledge of witty inventions, דעת מזמות אמצא daath mezimmoth emtsa, "I have found out knowledge and contrivance." The farther wisdom proceeds in man, the more practical knowledge it gains; and finding out the nature and properties of things, and the general course of providence, it can contrive by new combinations to produce new results.
