32 “Now then, my children, listen to me;
blessed are those who keep my ways.
33 Listen to my instruction and be wise;
do not disregard it.
34 Blessed are those who listen to me,
watching daily at my doors,
waiting at my doorway.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Fortifying wisdom expands blessings.
30 Then I was constantly at his side.
I was filled with delight day after day,
rejoicing always in his presence,
31 rejoicing in his whole world
and delighting in mankind.
Proverbs Club Commentary
Wisdom rejoiced as Jesus created the world and mankind.
Wisdom guides the believer on the narrow path.
27 I was there when he set the heavens in place,
when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,
28 when he established the clouds above
and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,
29 when he gave the sea its boundary
so the waters would not overstep his command,
and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.
NIV
Proverbs Club Commentary
The Lord set the heavens in place,
and the deep, and the clouds, and the sea,
and the foundations of the earth.
And He used Wisdom to secure it.
24 When there were no watery depths, I was given birth,
when there were no springs overflowing with water;
25 before the mountains were settled in place,
before the hills, I was given birth,
26 before he made the world or its fields
or any of the dust of the earth.
NIV
PCDC Commentary
Wisdom was born before:
oceans
springs
mountains
hills
world
fields
dust of the earth
22 The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works,
before his deeds of old;
23 I was formed long ages ago,
at the very beginning, when the world came to be.
NIV
PCDC Commentary
The Lord brought forth wisdom
when He created the world.
