The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
Wisdom must be hunted like ore from a mine, not waited for like alms at the door. We draw it from God by prayer, we labor for it by diligence, we grow in it by use, and we prove we truly have it by giving it away to others. That is well got which is put to good purpose.
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Commenting on Proverbs 3:13-20
The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth,.... He has created all things, and made the world by his Son, the Wisdom of God, Eph 3:9, Heb 1:2; not using him as an instrument; but, he being an efficient cause with him, to him, as to the first cause, the creation of all things is ascribed, Joh 1:1; and particularly the laying the foundation of...
The place of wisdom in the economy of creation and providence commends it to men, who, in proportion to their finite powers, may possess this invaluable attribute, and are thus encouraged by the divine example of its use to seek its possession.