Proverbs 8:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

Proverbs 8:12 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 28:26
For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
Exodus 35:30
And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
Exodus 31:3-6
And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, …
Romans 11:33
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Proverbs 1:4
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God Caution Consistency Counsel Expediency God Graces

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-21)

Wisdom here is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge; it is Christ in the word and Christ in the heart, not only Christ revealed to us, but Christ revealed in us. It is the word of God, the whole compass of divine revelation; it is God the Word, in whom all divine revelation centres; it is the soul formed by the word; it is Christ formed in the soul; it is religion i…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 12)

12. prudence--as in Pr 8:5. The connection of “wisdom” and “prudence” is that of the dictates of sound wisdom and its application. find ... inventions--or, “devices,” “discreet ways” (Pr 1:4).