Proverbs 3:19 (BSB)

The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.

From Proverbs 3. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 3:19

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 3:13-20: Solomon had pressed us earnestly to seek diligently for wisdom (Pro 2:1, etc.), and had assured us that we should succeed in our sincere and constant pursuits. But the question is, What shall we get by it when we have found it?
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 3:19: 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...
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 3:19: 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.
  • Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 3:19: The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. (k) By this he shows that this wisdom of which he speaks is everlasting, because it was before all creatures and that all things even the whole world were made by it.