Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.
Ver. 9. Give admonition to a wise man.] This is an alms that the poorest may give, and be never the poorer, but the better. For by instructing another, a man engageth himself, lest he hear, "Physician heal thyself." Turpe est doctori, cum culpa redarguit ipsum. See my "Common Place of Admonition."
Verse Proverbs 9:9. _GIVE_ INSTRUCTION _TO A WISE_ MAN] Literally _give to the_ _wise, and he will be wise_. Whatever you give to such, they reap profit from it. They are like the bee, they extract ho...
These verses seem somewhat to interrupt the continuity of the invitation which Wisdom utters. The order of thought is, however, this: “I speak to you, the simple, the open ones, for you have yet ears...
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...
INSTRUCTION, or supply "a hint"....
Comp. Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 18:15....
There is some abruptness in the introduction of these verses, which seem to interrupt the even flow of the invitation given by Wisdom. The majority of commentators regard them as the justification off...
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:...
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in...
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...
A Christian should always want to learn. The verse speaks about a ‘wise man’ and a ‘good man’. A Christian should want to be both ‘wise’ and ‘good’. At church, he should learn from the preacher (that...
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...
GIVE INSTRUCTION TO A WISE MAN. — Comp. Matthew 13:12; Matthew 25:29....
תֵּ֣ן לְ֭ חָכָם וְ יֶחְכַּם ־עֹ֑וד הֹודַ֥ע
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...
_Occasion. This word is found in Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic. We might supply instruction, (Calmet) with Protestants._...
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. Give...
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...
GIVE [INSTRUCTION] TO A WISE [MAN],.... In the Hebrew text it is only "give to a wise man"; give him reproof, correction, chastisement, doctrine, or instruction, be it what it will, he will be the bet...
_Reprove not a scorner_ An incorrigible sinner, who despises and scornfully rejects the means of amendment. Thus physicians deny physic to persons in a desperate condition; _lest he hate thee_ Whereby...
Give instruction to a wise man, for he is willing to learn, and every correction serves for his further training, AND HE WILL BE YET WISER; TEACH A JUST MAN, showing him how he may make still further...
THE BANQUET OF WISDOM...
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...
GIVE INSTRUCTION: in the Hebrew it is only _give_; for as receiving is put for learning, PROVERBS 1:3, so _giving_ is put for _teaching_, both in Scripture and in other authors; of which see my Latin...
Proverbs 9:9 Give H5414 (H8798) wise H2450 wiser H2449 (H8799) Teach H3045 (H8685) just H6662 increase...
THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE SCORNER, WHO DOES NOT LIKE REPROOF, AND THE WISE MAN WHO HEEDS IT, (A WARNING TO THE NAIVE), CENTRED ROUND THE FEAR OF YHWH (PROVERBS 9:7). The prologue initially began with a...
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...
_Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser._ THE WISE MAN RENDERED WISER BY INSTRUCTION It is an infallible mark of true wisdom, to profit by instruction. I. Take a more accurate vie...
_Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee._ REPROOF How to give it, and how to take it. Reproofs are like sharp knives, very needful and very useful; but they should not be in the hands of children....
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 9:7 The person who desires to be wise must consider how his heart responds to wise correction (see v. Proverbs 9:12). In order to be wise with others, he must have the good
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...
1 John 2:20; 1 John 2:21; 1 John 5:13; 2 Peter 3:18; Hosea 6:3;...