Bruce Waltke writes of the reference to land in these verses:

Were this the law and the prophets, it would undoubtedly refer to the LORD’s land grants to his covenant people in Canaan. But in the wisdom literature, which treats humanity apart from Israel’s historic covenants, ‘eres more likely refers to the ground in general with its fatness (Gen....

Proverbs 2 consists de facto of a single sentence that can be divided into six smaller units. The text has a conditional structure that, following the invocation “my son” (בְּנִי), begins with a protasis introduced by אִם (“if”), followed by two apodoses and three concluding statements, the first two of which have an identical structure, being introduced by the preposition ל...

These opening verses of Proverbs 2 clearly link to Proverbs 1:20–33. The father calls on the son to receive his words (2:1, אֵ֫מֶר), and words (1:23, דָּבָר) are what wisdom speaks (1:21, אמר) and offers to those who turn at her reproof. It is Wisdom who cries out in 1:20-33, and it is to wisdom that the son is to make his “ear attentive” in 2:2). In 1:24 Wisdom “stretched ou...

“I will pour out my mind to you” (Geneva Bible)

“I will pour out my spirit to you” (ESV)

“I will pour out my thoughts to you” (NIV 2011)

The key debate is whether, if they respond to wisdom, there is held out a promise that I will pour out my Spirit to you, or whether it simply refers to my ‘thoughts’ (NIV) or spirit (ESV). T...

Romans 1:18-32 may be drawing on Proverbs 1:20–33. I take wisdom to be creational norms and her crying in the streets to refer to her accessibility. That is, her calling in the market squares is general revelation. Romans 1 is also concerned with the rejection of general revelation. The statement in Romans 1:26 about acting contrary to nature also fits with understanding wisd...