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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

Proverbs 3:19

Hereto Wisdom has been thought of in relation to men. Now the question comes, What is she in relation to God? and the answer is, that the creative act implies a Divine Wisdom, through which the Divine will acts. This thought, developed in Proverbs 8, is the first link in the chain which connects this “Wisdom” with the Divine Word, the Logos of John’s Gospel. Compare Psalms 33:6; John 1:3. The words of the writer of the Proverbs take their place among the proofs of the dogmatic statements of the Nicene Creed.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Proverbs 3:19. _THE LORD BY WISDOM HATH FOUNDED THE EARTH_] Here wisdom is taken in its proper acceptation, for that infinite knowledge and skill which God has manifested in the creation and co...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The call and promise of wisdom (Proverbs 3:1)_ 2. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom (Proverbs 3:11) 3. Promise and instruction (Proverbs 3:21)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    FOURTH Discourse. The sage exhorts the young man to heed his oral instruction (_torah),_ and to trust in Yahweh, fear Him, and honour Him in the prescribed manner of firstfruits. It is interesting to...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE LORD BY WISDOM, &C.— See Job 38:4; Job 38:41. The effects which we call natural are the productions of the Creator's sovereign wisdom. Some understand by _the depths broken up,_ the waters of the...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 3:13-26 13. Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, And the man that getteth understanding. 14. For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, And the profit thereof tha...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. THE LORD BY WISDOM HATH FOUNDED THE EARTH; BY UNDERSTANDING HATH HE ESTABLISHED THE HEAVENS. 'Do not mar...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BLESSINGS OF OBEDIENCE AND OF CHASTISEMENT The first and third divisions, 1-10, 21-35, are exhortations to good conduct and promises of consequent blessing. The second, 11-20, declares the profit...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    It is an additional reason for esteeming her, that creation could not have been accomplished without her....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 3 V1 My son, do not forget my law. Keep my commands in your heart. v

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (e)_ Fifth Discourse:_ — _Wisdom as Creator and Protector_ (Proverbs 3:19). (19) THE LORD BY WISDOM... — A passage anticipatory of the doctrine of John 1:3. (Comp. Psalms 104:24;...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יְֽהוָ֗ה בְּ חָכְמָ֥ה יָֽסַד ־אָ֑רֶץ כֹּונֵ֥ן...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    WISDOM'S WAYS OF PLEASANTNESS Proverbs 3:13-26 Wisdom is susceptible of cultivation. It is a _mine_ that needs to be worked with patient toil. Compare Proverbs 3:13-15 with Job 28:18. It is comparab...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    As the former address had to do with the search for wisdom, this, in view of the value of if is an appeal to cultivate wisdom. The appeal consists of a declaration of its essence (verses Pro 3:1-10),...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    The LORD by wisdom hath (k) founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. (k) By this he shows that this wisdom of which he speaks is everlasting, because it was before all cre...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Wisdom. Hitherto he had spoken of that virtue. Now he treats of the uncreated wisdom, (Calmet) which is God the Son. (Menochius) (Jansenius) (St. Gregory, Mor. xii. 4.)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9. There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly so...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE LORD BY WISDOM HATH FOUNDED THE EARTH,.... He has created all things, and made the world by his Son, the Wisdom of God, Ephesians 3:9 Hebrews 1:2; not using him as an instrument; but, he being an...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. Ver. 19. _The Lord by wisdom._] By his essential Wisdom, by his Eternal Word; Pro 8:30 the Lord Christ, wh...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The Lord by wisdom_, &c. From human wisdom, or wisdom attainable by man, of which Solomon had hitherto treated, he now digresses to divine; thereby insinuating that it ought not to seem strange that...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE HAPPINESS OF POSSESSING TRUE WISDOM...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth, by means of His personal, essential wisdom, which He has also revealed in His Word; BY UNDERSTANDING HATH HE ESTABLISHED THE HEAVENS, preparing them with pro...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    ESTABLISHED: Or, prepared...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    13-20 No precious jewels or earthly treasures are worthy to be compared with true wisdom, whether the concerns of time or eternity be considered. We must make wisdom our business; we must venture all...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    BY WISDOM; either, 1. By Christ, the co-essential and co-eternal Wisdom of God the Father. Or, 2. By that Divine perfection of wisdom, which is the fountain of that wisdom that is in man, which Solom...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 3:19 LORD H3068 wisdom H2451 founded H3245 (H8804) earth H776 understanding H8394 established H3559 (H8790

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YHWH AS CHASTENING FATHER AND WISE CREATOR INCULCATES WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING AS A TREE OF LIFE TO THOSE WHOM HE LOVES (PROVERBS 3:11). The reference to ‘my son' in Proverbs 3:11 (although in the Heb...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The power of true wisdom to make men both blessed and a blessing. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: Those who have a continual regard to God's precepts and put themselves unde...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 3:2. _Length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee._ The premature death denounced against the profligate, and the victims of the harlot, shall be far from thy dwelling. T...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth._ EARTHLY AND HEAVENLY WISDOM There is but one wisdom for God and man. Man’s true wisdom is a pattern of God’s wisdom. A man to prosper in the world must ge...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Happy is the man that findeth wisdom._ WISDOM I. The pleasures of wisdom. 1. Present happiness. 2. Lasting happiness. II. The preciousness of wisdom (Proverbs 3:14). Many figures are employed to...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments._ USEFUL PRECEPTS AND INSPIRING MOTIVES I. To remember and keep in our hearts the things written in this book (Proverbs 3:1). Int...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 3:19 God has built the principles of WISDOM into the way the world works. Wisdom keeps the world from descending into chaos. Thus, when one lives without integrity, one viola...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 3:20. DEPTHS, &c., “were the floods divided” into rivers and streams for the blessing of man. DEW, or “gentle rain,” or else the clouds signify the lower regions of the atmo...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 3:1 4. _Fourth admonitory discourse. _The third chapter introduces us to a group of admonitions, and the first of these (Proverbs 3:1) forms the fourth admonitory discourse of the...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Chapter 3 continues to My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments: For length of days, long life, peace, shall they add to thee (Proverbs 3:1-2). Now these are the three. And...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Jeremiah 10:12; Jeremiah 51:15; John 1:3; Proverbs 8:27; Psalms 10

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    SEEKING AFTER WISDOM Proverbs 3:13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The wise man versus the foolish man. Many a man who thinks himself to be wise is a fool. Why? Because he is building his hopes upon the sand....

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Wisdom — Either by Christ, or by that Divine perfection of wisdom, which is the fountain of wisdom in man....

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