Proverbs 8:5

Verse 5

THE EXCELLENT THINGS TO WHICH WISDOM INVITES, Proverbs 8:5-21.

5. O ye simple… fools These terms in our version may be unnecessarily strong. The original would justify inexperienced, unsuspecting; those without culture, untaught and rude, and therefore unprepared for the strategy of the enemy.

Wisdom ערמה , ( ‘ hormah,) shrewdness, sagacity, subtlety. The word is used in a good or bad sense of course in the good here.

Of an understanding heart Literally, understand the heart; compare Proverbs 15:32; Proverbs 17:16, in the Hebrew. Heart is to be taken tropically for discretion, prudence, self-government, power to control the appetites. The whole verse is an exhortation to mental and moral culture. “Learn shrewdness, ye simple; and fools, be wise in heart.” Conant.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel Whedon was born in 1808 in Onondaga, N.Y. Dr. Whedon was well qualified as a commentator. He was professor of Ancient Languages in Wesleyan University, studied law and had some years of pastoral experience. He was editor of the Methodist Quarterly Review for more than twenty years. Besides many articles for religious papers he was also the author of the well-known and important work, Freedom of the Will. Dr. Whedon was noted for his incisive, vigorous style, both as preacher and writer. He died at Atlantic Highlands, N.J., June 8, 1885.Whedon was a pivotal figure in the struggle between Calvinism and Arminianism in the nineteenth-centry America. As a result of his efforts, some historians have concluded that he was responsible for a new doctrine of man that was more dependent upon philosophical principles than scripture.... Show more

Dr. Daniel D. Whedon was a central figure in the struggle between Calvinism and Arminianism. He devoted 25 years to writing the New Testament commentaries. Other authors wrote the Old Testament commentaries with Whedon serving as the editor. Study the bible online.... Show more

Verse 5

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

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