LOL! I hadn't heard that one before!
OK, let's see...
BUt where has it ever been said that "wisdom" or "prudence" was (were???) sent by God as a helper?
Nowhere, but who cares? The bottom line is that
they are said to do things that only humans do. That's exactly how your "Holy Spirit" argument works, remember?
Were to wisdom or prudence speak?
Right here:
Proverbs 1:20-33.
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
But ye have set at naught all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
Wisdom cries aloud, utters her voice in the streets, calls, stretches forth her hand, laughs, mocks, and pours out her spirit. Where are we told that the Holy Spirit does
any of this? Nowhere!
She is also explicitly referred to as a literal person - and we are instructed to talk with her:
Proverbs 7:4
Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
She has physical characteristics and human attributes:
Proverbs 8:1-7.
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
And guess what happens if you despise wisdom, Ben? You die! (Just like "lying to the Holy Spirit...")
Or fellowship or partner with us?
Well, wisdom dwells with prudence...
Proverbs 8:12
I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge
... but as you can see from, my previous quotations, she's invited us to join her. Now, how would this be possible unless wisdom is a literal person? And how can wisdom "find out knowledge" unless she is a literal person?
Wisdom is also busy. She does things that only a literal woman would be capable of:
Provebs 9:15.
Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Where are we told that the Holy Spirit does
any of this? Nowhere!
So anyway, that's a pretty long list of complex anthropomorphisms, Ben - and they're a
lot more explicit than the ones you've presented for the Holy Spirit!
Far more comprehensive!
I think the verses lean so far over to "person", that they cannot accomodate "personification".
That's your opinion, and your opinion is your prerogative.
My mileage varies considerably.