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In 1 Clement, the author introduces a long warning from Proverbs 1 in the Greek Septuagint translation as the voice of all-virtuous Wisdom, using Wisdom as a name for the book of Proverbs itself, a title other Christian writers also give the book.
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2500 BCE
1000+ CE
LXX Proverbs 1:23
Septuagint
23 and they became subject to reproofs. Look, I will utter a saying to you with my breath, and I will teach you my word. 24 Since I kept calling yet you did not listen, and I held out words yet you did not pay attention, 25 but you made my counsel void, and you resisted my reproofs; 26 therefore I also will laugh at your destruction, and I will rejoice when your destruction comes, 27 and as your turmoil arrives suddenly, and ruin is present like a hurricane, and when your affliction and siege come, or when your destruction comes. 28 For it will be when you call out for me, then I will not hear you; wicked people will seek me, but they will not find me. 29 For they hated wisdom, and they did not choose the word of the Lord,
Clement of Rome, 1 Clement 57:3
First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
Early Christian
3 For thus says the All virtuous Wisdom; “Behold I will pour out for you a saying of My breath, and I will teach you My word.” 4 “Because I called and you obeyed not, and I held out words and you heeded not, but made My councils of no effect, and were disobedient to My reproofs; therefore I also will laugh at your destruction, and will rejoice over you when ruin comes upon you, and when confusion overtakes you suddenly, and your overthrow is at hand like a whirlwind.” 5 “or when you call upon Me, yet will I not hear you. Evil men shall seek Me and not find Me: for they hated wisdom, and chose not the fear of the Lord, neither would they give heed to My councils, but mocked at My reproofs.”
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Notes and References
“... First, Wisdom appears as the designation of the Proverbs, which are attributed to Solomon. Justin Martyr, for example, refers to the “book of Wisdom” when he quotes from Proverbs 6. Proverbs 1:23–33 is quoted by Clement (1 Clem. 57:3–7). ...”
Martin, Ralph P.
Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments
(p. 1704) InterVarsity Press, 1997
* The use of references are not endorsements of their contents. Please read the entirety of the provided reference(s) to understand the author's full intentions regarding the use of these texts.
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