Proverbs 8:2-3 KJV
She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
It occurred to me that the word of God is telling us where to find wisdom. Wisdom has positioned herself in six public places for easy access and so we would be sure not to miss her so long as we do not ignore here.
Of course, the wisdom of Proverbs is very often seen as a picture of Jesus Christ. So John Gill says;
“She standeth in the top of high places,... To be both seen and heard, for which reason Christ went up into a mountain and preached
by the way; the roadside, to instruct and direct passengers as they go along, to show them the right way, and caution them against taking wrong ways; so did Christ
in the places of the paths; or, "between the paths" (s); where more ways than one met together, and so difficult to know which was the right path to take; here Christ stands in the ministry of the word to direct, and says, "this is the way, walk ye in it"
She crieth at the gates,.... Of the temple, or of the city, where the courts of judicature were, and persons met on civil accounts; and where people were continually passing and repassing;
at the entry of the city; meeting those that came out of the country to the city upon trade and business;
at the coming in at the doors; of the temple, or city, or private houses; all these expressions denote the publicness of the Gospel ministry, both by Christ himself, who spake openly to the world, always taught in the synagogues and temple, and in secret said nothing”
She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
It occurred to me that the word of God is telling us where to find wisdom. Wisdom has positioned herself in six public places for easy access and so we would be sure not to miss her so long as we do not ignore here.
Of course, the wisdom of Proverbs is very often seen as a picture of Jesus Christ. So John Gill says;
“She standeth in the top of high places,... To be both seen and heard, for which reason Christ went up into a mountain and preached
by the way; the roadside, to instruct and direct passengers as they go along, to show them the right way, and caution them against taking wrong ways; so did Christ
in the places of the paths; or, "between the paths" (s); where more ways than one met together, and so difficult to know which was the right path to take; here Christ stands in the ministry of the word to direct, and says, "this is the way, walk ye in it"
She crieth at the gates,.... Of the temple, or of the city, where the courts of judicature were, and persons met on civil accounts; and where people were continually passing and repassing;
at the entry of the city; meeting those that came out of the country to the city upon trade and business;
at the coming in at the doors; of the temple, or city, or private houses; all these expressions denote the publicness of the Gospel ministry, both by Christ himself, who spake openly to the world, always taught in the synagogues and temple, and in secret said nothing”
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