Proverbs 8:22

"that I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries."

Key Reflection

This verse speaks of divine wisdom as a benefactor, offering material and spiritual riches to those who embrace its teachings. It suggests that true wealth comes not just in material goods but through the blessings and guidance provided by adhering to divine wisdom.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

A verse which has played an important part in the history of Christian dogma. Wisdom reveals herself as preceding all creation, stamped upon it all, one with God, yet in some way distinguishable from Him as the object of His loveProverbs 8:30. John declares that all which Wisdom here speaks of herself was true in its highest sense of the Word that became fleshJohn 1:1-14: just as Apostles afterward applied Wisd. 7:22-30 to Christ (compareColossians 1:15;Hebrews 1:3). Possessed -The word has acquired a special prominence in connection with the Arian controversy. The meaning which it usually bears is that of “getting”Genesis 4:1, “buying”Genesis 47:22, “possessing”Jeremiah 32:15.

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