Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Proverbs 9:5
Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine which I have mingled, the gifts which she freely offers.
Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine which I have mingled, the gifts which she freely offers.
Verse Proverbs 9:5. _COME, EAT OF MY BREAD_] Not only receive my instructions, but _act_ according to my directions. _DRINK OF THE WINE - I HAVE MINGLED._] Enter into my counsels; be not contented w...
A parallel to the higher teaching of the Gospels (compare John 6:27; Matthew 26:26)....
CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The invitation of Wisdom (Proverbs 9:1)_ 2. The contrast with Folly. (Proverbs 9:13) Proverbs 9:1. The first section of Proverbs closeth with a contrast of Wisdom and Folly, both pers...
PROVERBS 9. THE INVITATIONS OF WISDOM AND FOLLY CONTRASTED. This section closes with a couple of graphic pictures of Wisdom and Folly personified, each bidding for the attention of the passers-by with...
BREAD. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), App-6, for all kinds of food....
_eat_ Rather, EAT YE, R.V. The word is plural. The invitation though addressed to each (Proverbs 9:4) is extended to all. Comp. Isaiah 55:1....
DISCOURSE: 772 WISDOM’S FEAST Proverbs 9:1. Wisdom hath builded 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...
EAT OF MY BREAD, &C.— That is, "Attend to, receive, and practise my precepts." Our blessed Lord may be understood in this sense, John 6:53....
CHAPTER 9 TEXT Proverbs 9:1-9 1. Wisdom hath builded her house; She hath hewn out her seven pillars: 2. She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; She hath also furnished her table:...
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. COME, EAT OF MY BREAD, AND DRINK OF THE WINE (WHICH) I HAVE MINGLED. The feast is not to see, but to enjoy (Bridges). 'The bread o...
BREAD] The name for food in general (Proverbs 9:2)....
THE RIVALS Folly and Wisdom invite guests to their respective houses. The consequences of accepting either of the two invitations are described. We are reminded of the Greek parable, 'The choice of H...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 9 Solomon’s last, great lesson to his son is almost complete. Perhaps Solomon paused here. Maybe he thought about whether he had taught enough...
COME, EAT OF MY BREAD... — Comp. the invitations of Isaiah 55:1 and John 6:35....
לְ֭כוּ לַחֲמ֣וּ בְֽ לַחֲמִ֑י וּ֝ שְׁת֗וּ בְּ
CHAPTER 10 TWO VOICES IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE CITY Proverbs 9:1, Proverbs 20:14 with Proberbs 3, and Proverbs 20:16 with Prove
TWO CONTRASTED INVITATIONS Proverbs 9:1-18 There is an age-long competition between Wisdom and Folly, Virtue and Vice. The palace of Wisdom is very attractive-well built and well furnished. It is...
The last address is a contrast between wisdom and folly. Each is personified as a woman calling to youth. Wisdom has builded her house, and spread her feast in the high places of the city. She calls t...
Come, eat of my (f) bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have mixed. (f) By meat and drink is meant the word of God, and the ministration of the sacraments, by which God nourishes his servants in h...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9. There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly so...
COME, EAT OF MY BREAD,.... Which stands for all the provisions of Christ's house; it designs the Gospel, which to a believer is more than his necessary food; and the ordinance of the supper, one of th...
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have mingled. Ver. 5. _Come, eat of my bread._] Stand not off in a sinful modesty; say not, I am not worthy, &c., but "Come," for "the Master ca...
_Whoso is simple_ Ignorant, weak, and liable to be deceived, but willing to learn; _let him turn in hither_ For there is no man so ignorant but he is welcome to come and receive instruction. By this m...
1-12 Christ has prepared ordinances to which his people are admitted, and by which nourishment is given here to those that believe in him, as well as mansions in heaven hereafter. The ministers of th...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Proverbs 9:5 Come H3212 (H8798) eat H3898 (H8798) bread H3899 drink H8354 (H8798) wine H3196 mixed...
PARTAKING OF THE GREAT FEAST (PROVERBS 9:5). “Come, eat you of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled. Leave off, you naive ones, and live, And walk in the way of understanding.” All...
THE APPEAL OF WOMAN WISDOM TO THE NAIVE (PROVERBS 9:1). After making full and generous preparations Wisdom calls on the naive to respond to and partake of her feast. ‘The naive' might be better transl...
Proverbs 9:1 The marriage supper for the king's son. I. The house. The frame is set up from everlasting, well-ordered in all things, and sure. The tried Foundation is the Lord our Righteousness. The...
CONTENTS: Wisdom (Christ) and sin, as rivals for the soul of man. CHARACTERS: God, Wisdom. CONCLUSION: Christ and sin are both seeking to have the uppermost place in the soul of man. We are therefor...
Proverbs 9:1. _Wisdom hath builded her house._ This chapter opens with a sublime allegory. We see the princess, the mother of angels and men, enthroned in her temple, “the church which is the pillar a...
_Wisdom hath builded her house._ WISDOM’S INVITATION The Bible is fully of mystery, not merely in its doctrines, but also in the manner and in the language by which the truths of revelation are brou...
_Come, eat of My bread._ WISDOM’S INVITATION I. The invitation. He who invites is the Son of God--in the Proverbs represented as “Wisdom.” Of His generous invitation we remark-- 1. That its accepta...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 9:4 LET HIM (who is simple) TURN IN HERE. Compare the invitation in Proverbs 8:5....
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 9:1. WISDOM, in the plural, as in chap. Proverbs 1:20, to express excellence and dignity. PROVERBS 9:2. SHE HATH MINGLED HER WINE. Some commentators understand the mingling...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 9:1 15. _Fifteenth admonitory discourse, _containing in a parabolic form an invitation of Wisdom (Proverbs 9:1), and that of her rival Folly (Proverbs 9:13). Th
Chapter 9 continues in its praise of wisdom. Wisdom hath built her house, she has hewn out the seven pillars: She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine; and she has furnished her table. And...
Isaiah 55:1; Jeremiah 31:12; John 6:27; John 6:49; Matthew 26:26;...