{"commentaries":[],"citedBy":{"1":[{"id":"henry.JHN.1.23.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 1:23","href":"/jhn/1/#v23-henry","text":"Prov. viii. 1","snippet":"Doth not wisdom cry? Prov. viii. 1."}],"2":[],"3":[{"id":"henry.JHN.18.20-21.4","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 18:20–21","href":"/jhn/18/#v20-henry","text":"viii. 3","snippet":"Wisdom cries in the places of concourse, Prov. i. 21; viii. 3; ix. 3."}],"4":[],"5":[],"6":[],"7":[],"8":[{"id":"henry.JHN.5.30.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 5:30","href":"/jhn/5/#v30-henry","text":"Prov. viii. 8","snippet":"All Christ's acts of government, both legislative and judicial, are exactly agreeable to the rules of equity; see Prov. viii. 8."}],"9":[],"10":[],"11":[],"12":[],"13":[],"14":[],"15":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.1.3.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 1:3","href":"/jhn/1/#v3-ryle","text":"Prov. viii. 15","snippet":"When we read the expression \" by me kings reign,\" (Prov. viii. 15,) we do not for a moment suppose, that kings are superior in dignity to Him by whom they reign."}],"16":[],"17":[{"id":"henry.JHN.14.21.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 14:21","href":"/jhn/14/#v21-henry","text":"Prov. viii. 17","snippet":"We could not love God if he did not first, out of his good-will to us, give us his grace to love him; but there is a love of complacency promised to those that do love God, Prov. viii. 17."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.20.10-18.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 20:10–18","href":"/jhn/20/#v10-westcott","text":"Prov. viii. 17","snippet":"In this sense, Prov. viii. 17 found fulfilment."}],"18":[],"19":[{"id":"henry.JHN.15.1.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 15:1","href":"/jhn/15/#v1-henry","text":"Prov. viii. 19","snippet":"The fruit of the vine honours God and cheers man (Judg. ix. 13), so does the fruit of Christ's mediation; it is better than gold, Prov. viii. 19."}],"20":[],"21":[{"id":"henry.JHN.8.36.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 8:36","href":"/jhn/8/#v36-henry","text":"Prov. viii. 21","snippet":"It is that which is (so ontos signifies); it is substance (Prov. viii. 21); while the things of the world are shadows, things that are not."},{"id":"henry.JHN.16.24.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 16:24","href":"/jhn/16/#v24-henry","text":"Prov. viii. 21","snippet":"God's gifts, through Christ, fill the treasures of the soul, they fill its joy, Prov. viii. 21."}],"22":[{"id":"henry.JHN.1.1.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 1:1","href":"/jhn/1/#v1-henry","text":"Prov. viii. 22","snippet":"… the second person in the Trinity is fitly called the Word; for he is the first-begotten of the Father, that eternal essential Wisdom which the Lord possessed, as the soul does its thought, in the beginning of his way, Prov. viii. 22."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.1.2.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 1:2","href":"/jhn/1/#v2-ryle","text":"Proverbs viii. 22","snippet":"The one is in the Book of Proverbs viii. 22 — 31."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.10.15.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 10:15","href":"/jhn/10/#v15-ryle","text":"Proverbs viii. 22","snippet":"To understand this knowledge a little, we should read carefully the language used in Proverbs viii. 22 — 30."}],"23":[{"id":"henry.JHN.1.1.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 1:1","href":"/jhn/1/#v1-henry","text":"Prov. viii. 23","snippet":"So Prov. viii. 23."},{"id":"henry.JHN.8.58.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 8:58","href":"/jhn/8/#v58-henry","text":"Prov. viii. 23","snippet":"… (Exod. iii. 14); it denotes his self-existence; he does not say, I was, but I am, for he is the first and the last, immutably the same (Rev. i. 8); thus he was not only before Abraham, but before all worlds, ch. i. 1; Prov. viii. 23."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.1.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:1","href":"/jhn/1/#v1-westcott","text":"Prov. viii. 23","snippet":"Comp. Prov. viii. 23. ..."}],"24":[],"25":[],"26":[],"27":[],"28":[],"29":[],"30":[{"id":"henry.JHN.1.1-2.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 1:1–2","href":"/jhn/1/#v1-henry","text":"Prov. viii. 30","snippet":"There was a glory and happiness which Christ had with God before the world was (ch. xvii. 5), the Son infinitely happy in the enjoyment of his Father's bosom, and no less the Father's delight, the Son of his love, Prov. viii. 30."},{"id":"henry.JHN.1.3.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 1:3","href":"/jhn/1/#v3-henry","text":"Prov. viii. 30","snippet":"Then was I by him, Prov. viii. 30."},{"id":"henry.JHN.3.11.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 3:11","href":"/jhn/3/#v11-henry","text":"Prov. viii. 30","snippet":"What he spoke of God, of the invisible world, of heaven and hell, of the divine will concerning us, and the counsels of peace, was what he knew, and had seen, for he was by him as one brought up with him, Prov. viii. 30."},{"id":"henry.JHN.3.35.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 3:35","href":"/jhn/3/#v35-henry","text":"Prov. viii. 30","snippet":"The prophets were faithful as servants, but Christ as a Son; they were employed as servants, but Christ beloved as a son, always his delight, Prov. viii. 30."}],"31":[],"32":[],"33":[],"34":[],"35":[],"36":[]}}