Proverbs 8:16 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁶By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.

Proverbs 8:16 —

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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. 16)

15-16. of which a wisely conducted government is an example.