- Christ, the true wisdom, is greater than Solomon (Mt 12:42)
Prov 1:20, Mt 4:17, Lk 7:35, Lk 11:49, Mt 11:19, 1 Cor 1:24, Col 2:2-3
Solomon was the king of wisdom. So many kings came to Solomon to hear the wisdom of Solomon. But Christ is wiser than Solomon. (Mt 12:42)
Mt 12:42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Christ is wisdom itself. (Prov 1:20, Mt 4:17, Lk 7:35, Lk 11:49, Mt 11:19)
Prov 1:20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
Mt 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Lk 7:35 But wisdom is justified of all her children.
Lk 11:49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
Mt 11:19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
Christ is the wisdom of God. (1 Cor 1:24, Col 2:3)
1 Cor 1:24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Col 2:2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.