
Text -- Proverbs 8:21 (NET)




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Wesley -> Pro 8:21
Wesley: Pro 8:21 - -- Substantial happiness: opposed to all worldly enjoyments, which are but mere shadows.
Substantial happiness: opposed to all worldly enjoyments, which are but mere shadows.
JFB: Pro 8:20-21 - -- The courses in which wisdom leads conduct to a true present prosperity (Pro 23:5).||
16625||1||10||0||Strictly, God's attributes are part of Himself. ...
The courses in which wisdom leads conduct to a true present prosperity (Pro 23:5).|| 16625||1||10||0||Strictly, God's attributes are part of Himself. Yet, to the poetical structure of the whole passage, this commendation of wisdom is entirely consonant. In order of time all His attributes are coincident and eternal as Himself. But to set forth the importance of wisdom as devising the products of benevolence and power, it is here assigned a precedence. As it has such in divine, so should it be desired in human, affairs (compare Pro 3:19).

Or, "created"; in either sense, the idea of precedence.

Or simply, "beginning," in apposition with "me."
TSK -> Pro 8:21
TSK: Pro 8:21 - -- to inherit : Pro 8:18, Pro 1:13, Pro 6:31; Gen 15:14; 1Sa 2:8; Mat 25:46; John 1:1-18; Rom 8:17; Heb 10:34; 1Pe 1:4
fill : Psa 16:11; Eph 3:19, Eph 3:...

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Poole -> Pro 8:21
Poole: Pro 8:21 - -- Substance substantial, and true, and satisfying happiness; which is here opposed to all worldly enjoyments which are said not to be, Pro 23:5 ; which...
Substance substantial, and true, and satisfying happiness; which is here opposed to all worldly enjoyments which are said not to be, Pro 23:5 ; which are but mere shadows and dreams of felicity.
Haydock -> Pro 8:21
Haydock: Pro 8:21 - -- Enrich. Hebrew, "grant what is (real goods) an inheritance to them," &c. ---
Treasures. Septuagint add, "with goods. If I announce to you daily ...
Enrich. Hebrew, "grant what is (real goods) an inheritance to them," &c. ---
Treasures. Septuagint add, "with goods. If I announce to you daily occurrences, I will admonish you to number the things of the world," (Haydock) and all past events. (Calmet)
Gill -> Pro 8:21
Gill: Pro 8:21 - -- That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance,.... Substantial blessings, blessings indeed, as all spiritual ones are; and substantial grac...
That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance,.... Substantial blessings, blessings indeed, as all spiritual ones are; and substantial grace, as every grace is; and substantial communion with God and Christ, which is a real thing, and had in the way of righteousness; also substantial happiness hereafter, as eternal life is; which being expressed by "substance", or "that which is" g, as the word used signifies, denotes the reality of it; it being not only actually promised, prepared, and laid up for the saints, but is what is known by them now, and of which they have the earnest and pledge; as also the solidity of it, being opposed to the vain and shadowy things of this life; as well as the riches, valuableness, and continuance of it; it is enduring substance, which cannot be wasted nor taken away; which is in its own nature incorruptible, and the saints will always continue to enjoy it. God himself may be meant, who is most eminently
and I will fill their treasures; the treasures of their hearts, Mat 12:35; Christ now fills their understandings with spiritual knowledge, their souls with grace, their minds with peace and joy, and their hearts with food and gladness; and hereafter he will fill them to full satisfaction with knowledge, holiness, and joy, and will be all in all to them.

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TSK Synopsis -> Pro 8:1-36
TSK Synopsis: Pro 8:1-36 - --1 The fame,6 and evidence of wisdom.10 The excellency,12 the nature,15 the power,18 the riches,22 and the eternity of wisdom.32 Wisdom is to be desire...
Maclaren -> Pro 8:21
Maclaren: Pro 8:21 - --Wisdom's Gift
"That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance.'--Proverbs 8:21.
The word here rendered substance' is peculiar. Indeed, it i...
MHCC -> Pro 8:12-21
MHCC: Pro 8:12-21 - --Wisdom, here is Christ, in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge; it is Christ in the word, and Christ in the heart; not only Christ reve...
Matthew Henry -> Pro 8:12-21
Matthew Henry: Pro 8:12-21 - -- Wisdom here is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge; it is Christ in the word and Christ in the heart, not only Ch...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Pro 8:17-21
Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 8:17-21 - --
The discourse of Wisdom makes a fresh departure, as at Pro 8:13 : she tells how, to those who love her, she repays this love:
17 "I love them that ...
Constable: Pro 1:1--9:18 - --I. DISCOURSES ON WISDOM chs. 1--9
Verse one introduces both the book as a whole and chapters 1-9 in particular. ...

Constable: Pro 8:1--9:18 - --C. The Value of Wisdom and Wise Conduct chs. 8-9
Solomon explained the value of wisdom in many ways alre...

Constable: Pro 8:1-36 - --1. The function of wisdom ch. 8
Chapter 8 is an apology (defense) of wisdom. The argument of thi...
