Albert Barnes Commentary Proverbs 8:1

"Doth not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice?" — Proverbs 8:1 (ASV)

A companion picture to that in (Proverbs 7:0), and serving in some measure to generalize and idealize it. Wisdom also calls (Proverbs 8:5) to the “simple” and the “fools,” and they have to choose between her voice and that of the temptress.