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Text -- Proverbs 8:1-20 (NET)

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The Appeal of Wisdom
8:1 Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice? 8:2 At the top of the elevated places along the way, at the intersection of the paths she takes her stand; 8:3 beside the gates opening into the city, at the entrance of the doorways she cries out: 8:4 “To you, O people, I call out, and my voice calls to all mankind. 8:5 You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment! 8:6 Listen, for I will speak excellent things, and my lips will utter what is right. 8:7 For my mouth speaks truth, and my lips hate wickedness. 8:8 All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing in them twisted or crooked. 8:9 All of them are clear to the discerning and upright to those who find knowledge. 8:10 Receive my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold. 8:11 For wisdom is better than rubies, and desirable things cannot be compared to her. 8:12 “I, wisdom, live with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion. 8:13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances. 8:14 Counsel and sound wisdom belong to me; I possess understanding and might. 8:15 Kings reign by means of me, and potentates decree righteousness; 8:16 by me princes rule, as well as nobles and all righteous judges. 8:17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me. 8:18 Riches and honor are with me, long-lasting wealth and righteousness. 8:19 My fruit is better than the purest gold, and what I produce is better than choice silver. 8:20 I walk in the path of righteousness, in the pathway of justice,
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NET Notes: Pro 8:1 In this chapter wisdom is personified. In 1:20-33 wisdom proclaims her value, and in 3:19-26 wisdom is the agent of creation. Such a personification h...

NET Notes: Pro 8:2 Heb “at the house of the paths.” The “house” is not literal here, but refers to where the paths meet (cf. ASV, NIV), that is, ...

NET Notes: Pro 8:3 The cry is a very loud ringing cry that could not be missed. The term רָנַן (ranan) means “to give a ringing cry.&...

NET Notes: Pro 8:4 Heb “sons of man.” Cf. NAB “the children of men”; NCV, NLT “all people”; NRSV “all that live.”

NET Notes: Pro 8:5 Heb “heart.” The noun לֵב (lev, “heart”) often functions metonymically for wisdom, understanding, discernmen...

NET Notes: Pro 8:6 Heb “opening of my lips” (so KJV, NASB). The noun “lips” is a metonymy of cause, with the organ of speech put for what is said...

NET Notes: Pro 8:7 Heb “wickedness is an abomination to my lips” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV).

NET Notes: Pro 8:8 The verb פָּתַל (patal) means “to twist.” In the Niphal it means “to wrestle” (to twist on...

NET Notes: Pro 8:9 Heb “front of.” Describing the sayings as “right in front” means they are open, obvious, and clear, as opposed to words that m...

NET Notes: Pro 8:10 Heb “and not” (so KJV, NASB); NAB “in preference to.”

NET Notes: Pro 8:11 The verb יִשְׁווּ (yishvu, from שָׁוָה, shavah) can be rendered &#...

NET Notes: Pro 8:12 This verb form is an imperfect, whereas the verb in the first colon was a perfect tense. The perfect should be classified as a gnomic perfect, and thi...

NET Notes: Pro 8:13 Heb “and a mouth of perverse things.” The word “mouth” is a metonymy of cause for what is said; and the noun תַ...

NET Notes: Pro 8:14 In vv. 14-17 the pronouns come first and should receive greater prominence – although it is not always easy to do this with English.

NET Notes: Pro 8:15 This verb יְחֹקְקוּ (yÿkhoqqu) is related to the noun חֹק (khoq), which i...

NET Notes: Pro 8:16 Many of the MT mss read “sovereigns [princes], all the judges of the earth.” The LXX has “sovereigns…rule the earth.” Bu...

NET Notes: Pro 8:17 In contrast to the word for “hate” (שָׂנֵא, shaneh) the verb “love” (אָה...

NET Notes: Pro 8:19 The language of the text with “fruit” and “ingathering” is the language of the harvest – what the crops yield. So the fi...

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