Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 8:12

12. I wisdom dwell with prudence , and find out knowledg of witty inventions .

I do not content my self with high Speculations, but my unseparable Companion is Prudence to govern all my own actions and to direct the actions of others, by good counsels. This he saith, because some Persons have much wit and knowledge, and nothing of discretion.

i. e. I know them as clearly and certainly as if I had found them out by diligent searching. Or, I find out, is put for I help men to find out, as the Spirit is said to intercede, Rom. 8. 26. when it helpeth us to do so.

Of all ingenious designs and contrivances for the service and glory of God, and for the good of our selves and others. But why may it not be rendred, of wicked devices, as this very word is translated, Prov. 12. 2. & 14. 17. & 24. 8. For surely this is one great work of Prudence to discover and so avoid all evil counsels or devices, and the effects of them But this I propose with submission, because I have not the concurrence of any Interpreter in this Exposition.

Marginal references: Or, subtilty.