And be filled to the full with their own fancies.
And the complacency of fools will destroy them;
And bwill be secure, without fear of evil.”
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Proverbs 1:20-33
Some interpreters regard this address as the language of the Son of God under the name of Wisdom (compare Luke 11:49). Others think that wisdom, as the divine attribute specially employed in acts of counsel and admonition, is here personified, and represents God. In either case the address is a most solemn and divine admonition, whose matter and spirit are eminently evangelical and impressive (see on Proverbs 8:1).
Wisdom—literally, "Wisdoms," the plural used either because of the unusual sense, or as indicative of the great excellency of wisdom (compare Proverbs 9:1).
streets—or most public places, not secretly.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Proverbs 1:31:
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