20Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
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She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? …
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-33)Solomon, having shown how dangerous it is to hearken to the temptations of Satan, here shows how dangerous it is not to hearken to the calls of God, which we shall for ever rue the neglect of. Observe, I. By whom God calls to us—by wisdom . It is wisdom that crieth without . The word is plural— wisdoms , for, as there is infinite wisdom in God, so there is the manifold wisdom of God , Eph. 3:10. G…
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