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This personification of Wisdom can't refer to either God or to the messiah. Verse 8:22 says: The LORD made me as the beginning of His way, the first of His works of old. God made Wisdom, so Wisdom can't be God. (God didn't make God; God just always was.) Under Christianity, the messiah is part of God and so this can't mean the messiah either. Under ...

Hebrew poetry (such as Psalms and Proverbs) are noted not for rhyming but for parallelism. That is, they will often make a statement in the A part of the verse that is repeated slightly differently in the B portion. Proverbs 15:20 is a good example of using contrast in the parallel. A wise child(A) brings joy(B) to his father(C), but a foolish ...

INDICATIONS OF LXX PROVERBS 1:7 IN GREEK NEW TESTAMENT(?) Conlusion: There are indications (reasons) to believe the LXX of Proverbs 1:7 has an canonical-theological influence, but the specific evidence of a references to this verse in the Gk. New Testament appears to be indeterminate. Nevertheless, we ourselves, may be reminded, wherever we read εὐσέβεια ...

In view of the fact that it is impossible to establish anything but a barter or at best a simple cash economy without legal frameworks for credit that involve co-signers, collateral, liens, covenants and so forth, we must conclude that the advice given in Proverbs regarding loans and co-signing is intended as a recommendation for people who are not engaged ...

Since Christ is the Wisdom of God: But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. —1 Corinthians 1:24 Both verses say that Christ is life. Therefore the life's are one and the same life. Though the proverb was applicable to the people in the day it was written speaking of making life in this ...

Oh, how complicated (and therefore subject to misinterpretation!) many want to make it. The meaning is simple: righteousness produces life! This is true in the physical sense to some extent and even more so in the spiritual application. The chapter is full of metaphors involving "righteousness." This has absolutely nothing to do with the Genesis ...