[130] Wisdom vii. 25-29. The book of Wisdom, a work of the second century b.c., at one time had a place in the canon, and owes its exclusion, in all probability, to the fact that it was written in Greek; as there was no Hebrew original, it was evident that Solomon was not the author. But the use which the Epistle to the Hebrews makes of the passage quoted in the text may suggest how very unnecessary the exclusion from the canon was.
[131] Luke vii. 35; Matt. xi. 19.
[132] John viii. 58.
[133] John i. 3, 18.
[134] Cf. for this contrast between the two xxiii. 26-28, where Wisdom speaks, and expressly warns against her rival.
[135] The arrangement of the house is that of an open courtyard, surrounded with apartments, the general roof supported on the pillars thus.
[136] Prov. vii. 14.
[137] Prov. ix. 5.