Proverbs 8:4 To you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. There are two suitors for the heart of man. The one suggests the pleasures of sense, the other the delights of religion. The earthly suitor is the world, the heavenly suitor is Christ. I. THE SPEAKER. II. THE OBJECT HE HAS IN VIEW. Our salvation: our temporal and eternal happiness. III. THE PERSONS TO WHOM HE SPEAKS. Not to fallen angels, but to the sons of men. He utters His voice in every possible variety of place, if so be that by any means He might save some. The self-destruction of the impenitent. (Charles Clayton, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.WEB: "To you men, I call! I send my voice to the sons of mankind. |
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