Listening to the Voice of Wisdom — Proverbs 8
- Yoriko Sakasegawa
- 1 day ago
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In Proverbs 7, there were two voices.
The father's voice in the first half:
“My son, keep my words;
treasure up my commandments within you.”
And the voice of the adulterous woman in the second half:
“Come,
let us delight ourselves in love.”
The father's voice and the adulterous woman's voice stand side by side throughout Proverbs 7.
Then Proverbs 8 begins:
“Does not wisdom call out?
Does not understanding raise her voice?”
And later Wisdom declares:
אֲנִי־חָכְמָה
“I am wisdom” (Proverbs 8:12).
Wisdom herself begins to speak.
In Proverbs 7, multiple voices are heard.
In Proverbs 8, the voice of wisdom itself comes to the forefront.
Proverbs 7 asks,
“Which voice will you listen to?”
Proverbs 8 leads us to ask,
“What is wisdom saying?”
Proverbs 8 is a chapter that invites the reader to listen carefully to the voice of wisdom.
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