Proverbs 8:12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. Many men are prudent who are not wise — that is to say, they are superficially cautious, sagacious, calculating; but they are never wise. True wisdom is the metaphysic of prudence. It is the innermost life and reality, and it expresses itself in the large prudence which sees more points than can be seen by mere cleverness. He that seeketh his life shall lose it; he that will throw away his life for Christ's sake shall find it, and shall thus prove himself in the long run to be the truly prudent man. Beware of the prudence that is as a skeleton. The true prudence is the living body, inhabited by a living soul — the soul is wisdom. Sometimes wisdom will drive a man to do apparently foolish things — at least, things that cannot be understood by those who live in rectangles, two inches by one and a half. But "Wisdom is justified of her children"; she calmly abides the issue of the third day, and raised again, she vindicates her origin and declares her destiny. (J. Carter, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.WEB: "I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion. |
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