Albert Barnes Commentary Proverbs 8:15

"By me kings reign, And princes decree justice." — Proverbs 8:15 (ASV)

Not only the common life of common men, but the exercise of the highest sovereignty, must have this Wisdom as its ground. Compare with this passage (Proverbs 8:15–21) the teaching of (1 Kings 3:5–14). The word translated “princes” (Proverbs 8:15) is different from that in (Proverbs 8:16); the first might, perhaps, be translated “rulers.”