Why the Feminine Voice?

Blessings and grace to you. A great question I'm asked from time to time is about wisdom and why the Bible speaks of wisdom in the feminine sense. The original word, inspired by God and used by the translators, is in the feminine voice. I believe and teach its meaning runs deep and takes us back to Adam and Eve in the garden. It's both poetic and principled in its meaning. I'll send you another text to share what I think the reason is pointing to.

Have you ever noticed how the word speaks of wisdom in a feminine sense? I think it runs much deeper than the beauty of poetic language that Solomon has chosen to use as he is inspired by God to pen the book of Proverbs.

I believe if we were to dig deeper and uncover the foundation and root of why he refers to wisdom as "she and her", we would find it in Genesis.

It was God who said, "It is not good that man should be alone..." so He created and brought to him all the animals but there was not ANY found among them, not ANY that was a suitable help meet or companion. So God put Adam to sleep, took a rib FROM him, then fashioned and made for him a woman, from his flesh and bone. It was not good for man to be alone, without a woman, and "It's not good" for man to be without wisdom. I think this is why the inspired writings of God refer to wisdom in the feminine voice, pointing us back to the garden.

Let's take it a step further and see the consequences of man or what comes FROM man that is void of God (His wisdom).

We need to learn from Eve... What comes out of man [that's not of God] only produces and spreads deception, despair, and death.

What comes from man, that's not of God, only causes trouble and leads to a certain