
Pro 8:7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
an abomination to my lips
Heb. the abomination of my lips. Pro 3:14, 15; 4:5, 7; 16:16.
Pro 8:11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
wisdom is better than rubies
Pro 8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
fear
Scofield Psalms 19:9, note.
Pro 8:17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
I love them that love me
1Sa 2:30; Psa 91:14; Jhn 14:21.
those that seek me
Pro 8:18 Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
Riches and honour
Pro 8:22 The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
The Lord possessed me
That wisdom is more than the personification of an attribute of God, or of the will of God as best for man, but is a distinct adumbration of Christ, is sure to the devout mind. Proverbs 8:22-36; John 1:1-3; Colossians 1:17 can refer to nothing less than the Eternal Son of God.
Pro 8:23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
I was set up from everlasting
Pro 8:25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
Before the mountains were settled
Pro 8:29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
he gave to the sea his decree
Gen 1:9, 10; Job 38:10, 11; Psa 33:7; 104:9; Jer 5:22.
when he appointed the foundations
Pro 8:30 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
I was by him, as one brought up with him
daily his delight
Pro 8:31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
my delights
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