
Text -- Proverbs 8:9 (NET)




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Whose mind God hath enlightened.
Easily seen by those who apply their minds.
Clarke: Pro 8:9 - -- They are all plain - נכחים nechochim , straight forward, over against every man, level to every capacity. This is true of all that concerns th...
They are all plain -

Clarke: Pro 8:9 - -- To them that find knowledge - When a man gets the knowledge of himself, then he sees all the threatenings of God to be right. When he obtains the kn...
To them that find knowledge - When a man gets the knowledge of himself, then he sees all the threatenings of God to be right. When he obtains the knowledge of God in Christ, then he finds that all the promises of God are right - yea and amen.
TSK -> Pro 8:9
TSK: Pro 8:9 - -- Pro 14:6, Pro 15:14, Pro 15:24, Pro 17:24, Pro 18:1, Pro 18:2, Pro 18:15; Psa 19:7, Psa 19:8, Psa 25:12-14, Psa 119:98-100; Isa 35:8; Mic 2:7; Mat 13:...

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Barnes -> Pro 8:8-9
Poole -> Pro 8:9
Poole: Pro 8:9 - -- Plain evident and clear to their minds; or, right, just and good.
To him that understandeth either to him who with an honest mind applies himself t...
Plain evident and clear to their minds; or, right, just and good.
To him that understandeth either to him who with an honest mind applies himself to the study of them in the diligent use of all the means appointed by God to that end; or to him whose mind God hath enlightened by his Spirit, though they seem otherwise to ignorant and carnal-minded men.
That find knowledge that are truly wise and discerning persons, and taught of God.
Gill -> Pro 8:9
Gill: Pro 8:9 - -- They are all plain to him that understandeth,.... Whose understanding is enlightened by the Spirit of God; who is a spiritual man, that has a discern...
They are all plain to him that understandeth,.... Whose understanding is enlightened by the Spirit of God; who is a spiritual man, that has a discerning, and can judge of spiritual things: as for the carnal man, let him have what natural knowledge or wisdom he will, he cannot know these things; for they are spiritually discerned, and can only be discerned by spiritual men. The Bible is a sealed book to others, learned or unlearned; the mysteries or doctrines of the Gospel are hid in parables from such; but those to whom Christ has given an understanding to know him, these know them, and they are plain unto them: for though there are some things hard to he understood in the Scriptures, as in Paul's epistles, and some sublime truths in the Gospel; yet those which are necessary to salvation are easily understood; that faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Jesus Christ came into the world to save the chief of sinners, is a very plain one;
and right to them that find knowledge; a spiritual and experimental knowledge of Christ and his truths. The Targum is,
"to them who desire knowledge;''
and so the Syriac version; that seek for it heartily and diligently, in a right way, in the use of proper means, under the direction and by the assistance of the Spirit of God.

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NET Notes -> Pro 8:9
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...
Geneva Bible -> Pro 8:9
Geneva Bible: Pro 8:9 They [are] all ( c ) plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
( c ) Meaning that the word of God is easy to all that h...

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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...
MHCC -> Pro 8:1-11
MHCC: Pro 8:1-11 - --The will of God is made known by the works of creation, and by the consciences of men, but more clearly by Moses and the prophets. The chief difficult...
Matthew Henry -> Pro 8:1-11
Matthew Henry: Pro 8:1-11 - -- The will of God revealed to us for our salvation is here largely represented to us as easy to be known and understood, that none may have an excuse ...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Pro 8:4-9
Keil-Delitzsch: Pro 8:4-9 - --
Now begins the discourse. The exordium summons general attention to it with the emphasis of its absolute truth:
4 "To you, ye men, is my discourse ...
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...
