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Amsal 8:8

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus Continued;   Wisdom;   The Topic Concordance - Frowardness;   Knowledge;   Perversion;   Righteousness;   Understanding;   Wisdom;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ethics;   Proverbs, Book of;   Trinity;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Wisdom;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for February 29;  

Parallel Translations

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Contextual Overview

1 Doth not wysdome crye? doth not vnderstanding put foorth her voyce? 2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the place of the pathes: 3 She cryeth at the gates of the citie, at the entrye of the doores: 4 It is you O ye men [saith she] whom I call, vnto the chyldren of men do I lyft vp my voyce. 5 Take heede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt, be ye wise in heart O ye fooles. 6 Geue eare, for I wyll speake of great matters, and open my lippes to tell thinges that be right: 7 For my mouth shall be talking of the trueth, and my lippes abhorre vngodlynesse. 8 All the wordes of my mouth are righteous, there is no frowardnes nor falsehood in them. 9 They are all playne to suche as wyll vnderstande, and right to them that finde knowledge. 10 Receaue my doctrine and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

All: Psalms 12:6, Isaiah 45:23, Isaiah 63:1

there: Proverbs 8:13, John 7:46

froward: Heb. wreathed

Reciprocal: Job 33:3 - the Job 36:4 - my Proverbs 4:24 - a Isaiah 8:16 - among Revelation 14:5 - in

Cross-References

Genesis 8:10
And he abode yet other seuen dayes, and agayne he sent foorth the Doue out of the arke:
Genesis 8:11
And the Doue came to hym in the euentide, and loe, in her mouth was an Oliue leafe that she had pluct, wherby Noah dyd knowe that the waters were abated vpon the earth.
Genesis 8:12
And he abode yet other seuen dayes, and sent foorth the Doue, whiche returned not vnto him any more.
Song of Solomon 1:15
Oh howe fayre art thou my loue, Oh howe fayre art thou? thou hast doues eyes. O howe fayre art thou my beloued, howe well fauoured art thou?
Song of Solomon 2:14
O stande vp then and come my loue my beautifull, [and come I say] O my doue, out of the caues of the rockes, out of the holes of the wall, O let me see thy countenaunce and heare thy voyce: for sweete is thy voyce, and fayre is thy face.
Matthew 10:16
Beholde, I sende you foorth, as sheepe in the middest of woolfes. Be ye therfore wyse as serpentes, and harmelesse as doues.

Gill's Notes on the 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 nature, will, and law of God: or "are concerning righteousness" y the necessity of righteousness in order to eternal life; the insufficiency of man's own righteousness to entitle to it; the need, worth, and excellency of the righteousness of Christ for that purpose; and of the propriety and usefulness of a life of righteousness and holiness, which the grace of God instructs men in;

[there is] nothing froward or perverse in them; that is contrary to right reason, or to the law of God, or to the Scriptures of truth, or to the analogy of faith; nor is there any contradiction in the doctrines of the Gospel one to another, but an entire harmony and uniformity in them; they are not "yea" and "nay".

x בצדק "cum justitia", Piscator, Gejerus, Michaelis;

μετα δικαιοσυνης, Sept. y "Gloriatio de justitia sua, vel invitatio ad accipiendam justitiam per fidem", Cocceius.

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 8:8. All the words - are in righteousness — בצדק betsedek, in justice and equity, testifying what man owes to his God, to his neighbour, and to himself; giving to each his due. This is the true import of צדק tsadak.

There is nothing froward — נפתל niphtal, tortuous, involved, or difficult.

Or perverse — עקש ikkesh, distorted, leading to obstinacy. On the contrary,


 
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