Proverbs 1:20-22

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 1:20

WISDOM (PERSONIFIED) CRIES OUT WARNING; BUT MEN HEED IT NOT"Wisdom crieth aloud in the street.She uttereth her voice in the broad places;She crieth in the chief place of concourse;At the entrance of the gates,In the city she uttereth her words:How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?And scoffers delight them in scoffing,And fools hate knowledge?Turn you, at my reproof:Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you;I will make known my words unto you.Because I have called, and ye have... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 1:20

Proverbs 1:20. Wisdom crieth without, &c.— Wisdom elevates her voice in the streets. She uttereth forth her voice in the public places. Schultens and Calmet. Solomon opposes the voice of wisdom and her agreeable invitations to the seducing discourse of sinners. "The latter lay snares for you in secret; they conceal themselves the better to deceive. Wisdom, on the contrary, lifteth up her voice in the streets and public places; she does not invite to murders, to violence, to injustice, to... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 1:21

Proverbs 1:21. In the chief place of concourse— On the tops of the walls, according to the LXX; which Houbigant and Dr. Grey approve. Schultens renders it, at the head or beginning of the most frequented streets. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 1:20

20-33. Some interpreters regard this address as the language of the Son of God under the name of Wisdom (compare Luke 11:49). Others think that wisdom, as the divine attribute specially employed in acts of counsel and admonition, is here personified, and represents God. In either case the address is a most solemn and divine admonition, whose matter and spirit are eminently evangelical and impressive (see on Proverbs 8:1). Wisdom—literally, "Wisdoms," the plural used either because of the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 1:21

21. The publicity further indicated by terms designating places of most common resort. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 1:22

22. simple ones—(Compare :-). simplicity—implying ignorance. scorners— ( :-) —who despise, as well as reject, truth. fools—Though a different word is used from that of :-, yet it is of the same meaning. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 1:8-36

B. Instruction for Young People 1:8-8:36The two ways (paths, worldviews) introduced in Proverbs 1:7 stretch out before the reader (cf. Matthew 7:13-14). In this section Solomon spoke to his son, guiding him into God’s way. "My son" was and is a customary way of addressing a disciple."It derives from the idea that parents are primarily responsible for moral instruction (Proverbs 4:3-4; Deuteronomy 6:7)." [Note: Ross, p. 907.] The frequent recurrence of the phrase "my son" in this part of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 1:20-33

2. Wisdom’s appeal 1:20-33This is one of several passages in Proverbs where the writer personified wisdom. Her call comes to people in the market, in the hustle and bustle of life, not in the seclusion of the home or sanctuary (cf. Proverbs 1:8). [Note: See Phyllis Trible, "Wisdom Builds a Poem: The Architecture of Proverbs 1:20-33," Journal of Biblical Literature 94 (1975):509-18.] "To whom does Wisdom speak? To three classes of sinners: the simple ones, the scorners (scoffers, mockers, NIV),... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 1:1-33

The chapter falls into three principal divisions.1-6. Title and Introduction explaining the object of the whole book, which is to instruct the inexperienced and add to the educated man’s knowledge. It is assumed that good conduct is an art which can be taught. But the learner must be in sympathy with the subject; a right judgment concerning moral truth is attainable only by those who hunger and thirst after righteousness. The method of instruction is by proverbs, figures, parables and vivid... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Proverbs 1:20

(b) Second Discourse:—Wisdom Addresses her Despisers (Proverbs 1:20-33).(20) Wisdom.—The form of the Hebrew term (chokhmôth) has been taken for an abstract singular noun, but probably it is the plural of chokhmah (Proverbs 1:2), signifying the multiform excellences of wisdom. It is possible that Solomon may have originally meant in this passage only to describe, in highly poetic language, the influence and work in their generation of those in whom “the fear of the Lord” dwells. So, too, many of... read more

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