Pentecost Season · Proper 19 · Year B

Proverbs 1:20-33

The Call of Wisdom

September 12, 2027

A Russian icon of a type peculiar to Novgorod: Wisdom as a winged, fiery-faced figure on a throne, with Christ above and Mary and the Baptist either side.Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn her seven pillars. She has set her table. She calls from the highest places in the town, You that are simple, turn in here! Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.Unknown Russian icon painterUnnamed, as Russian icon painters generally were; the work belongs to a workshop tradition rather than an individual.Vologda State Museum-Reserve, VologdaA northern Russian museum in a bishop's walled residence, with a large collection of icons.Vologda State Museum-Reserve, Vologda

Revised Common Lectionary

GospelMark 8:27-38Mk 8:27-38

EpistleJas. 3:1-12Jas 3:1-12

Old TestamentProv. 1:20-33Prv 1:20-33 Alt. OTIsa. 50:4-9aIs 50:4-9a

PsalterPs. 19Ps 19 Alt. PsalmPs. 116:1-9Ps 116:1-9 orWis. 7:26 - 8:1Wis 7:26 - 8:1

Overview & Insights

"Wisdom cries out in the street; in the squares she raises her voice." (Proverbs 1:20)

Personified Wisdom calls out publicly, rebuking the simple and the scoffers who ignore her, and warns that those who reject her counsel reap disaster while those who listen live secure.

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Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 1:20-33 (Year B)Commentary on Prv 1:20-33 (Year B) Working Preacher

Luther Seminary's Year B commentary on the call of Woman Wisdom.

Enduring Word: Proverbs 1Enduring Word: Prv 1 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse by verse notes on Proverbs 1.

Precept Austin: Proverbs 1 CommentaryPrecept Austin: Prv 1 Commentary Precept Austin

Detailed study notes on Proverbs 1.

BibleHub Commentaries: Proverbs 1:20BibleHub Commentaries: Prv 1:20 BibleHub

Classic commentaries gathered on Proverbs 1.

Coffman Commentary: Proverbs 1Coffman Commentary: Prv 1 StudyLight

James Burton Coffman's commentary on Proverbs 1.

Background & Word Study

Sefaria: Proverbs 1 (Hebrew)Sefaria: Prv 1 (Hebrew) Sefaria

Hebrew text of Proverbs 1 with traditional Jewish commentary.

Hebrew Interlinear: Proverbs 1:20Hebrew Interlinear: Prv 1:20 BibleHub

Hebrew interlinear with parsing for Proverbs 1.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Proverbs 1Catena: Prv 1 Catena

Patristic reflections on the call of Wisdom in Proverbs 1.

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