Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Proverbs 9:2
Killed — Made provision for the guests. Mingled — With water, as they used to do in those hot countries. Furnished — With all necessaries, and now waits for the guests.
Killed — Made provision for the guests. Mingled — With water, as they used to do in those hot countries. Furnished — With all necessaries, and now waits for the guests.
Verse Proverbs 9:2. _SHE HATH KILLED HER BEASTS_] God has made the most ample provision for the innumerable tribes of animal and intellectual beings, which people the whole vortex of created nature....
MINGLED HER WINE - i. e., with myrrh and other spices, to give flavor and strength....
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...
MINGLED. Compare Isaiah 5:22. Not with water but with spices. WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ App-27....
_mingled_ i.e. with spices. Comp. Proverbs 23:30; Isaiah 5:22....
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...
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:...
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. SHE HATH KILLED HER BEASTS - Hebrew, immolated her immolation; sacrificial language. All the blessedness of...
9:2 cattle, (d-5) Lit. 'her slaughtering.' see Genesis 43:16 . prepared (e-14) Or 'furnished,' as Psalms 78:19 ....
The wine was mixed with spices (Isaiah 5:22)....
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...
Everything is ready. The woman, Wisdom, has made a great meal for her guests. Her guests will not remain hungry. Wisdom has prepared everything that they need. God provides the things that we need. P...
SHE HATH KILLED HER BEASTS. — Comp. Matthew 22:4. SHE HATH MINGLED HER WINE — _i.e._, probably, flavoured it with spices, to improve the flavour. (Comp. Proverbs 23:30.) But the wine used at the Passo...
טָבְחָ֣ה טִ֭בְחָהּ מָסְכָ֣ה יֵינָ֑הּ אַ֝֗ף עָֽרְכָ֥ה...
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...
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mixed her wine; she hath also (c) furnished her table. (c) He compares wisdom with great princes who keep open house for all who come....
Victims. Moses ordered the blood to be poured out at the door of the tabernacle, and a part given to the priests, after which the rest might be taken away. The like was probably done at Jerusalem, Lev...
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...
SHE HATH KILLED HER BEASTS,.... Or, "her sacrifice" d: a crucified Christ, the principal of the provisions in Wisdom's house, or the church of Christ. The death of Christ was prefigured by the slaying...
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. Ver. 2. _She hath killed her beasts._] Christ provideth for his the best of the best, "fat things full of mar...
_She hath killed her beasts_ That is, made provision for her guests: namely, instruction in things the most important, satisfying, improving, and consolatory truths, declarations, and promises; refres...
She hath killed her beasts, slaughtering them in preparation for the great feast which she had planned; SHE HATH MINGLED HER WINE, by adding spices of various kinds to enhance the flavor; SHE HATH ALS...
THE BANQUET OF WISDOM...
HER BEASTS: _ Heb._ her killing...
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...
HATH KILLED HER BEASTS, i.e. made provision for the guests; which is meant of the ordinances, gifts, graces, comforts, and eternal felicities which God doth offer and give to men in and by the church....
Proverbs 9:2 slaughtered H2873 (H8804) meat H2874 mixed H4537 (H8804) wine H3196 furnished H6186 (H8804) table...
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...
PREPARATION OF THE GREAT FEAST (PROVERBS 9:1 A). ‘Wisdom has built her house, She has shaped (hewn out) her seven pillars, She has killed her beasts, She has mingled her wine, She has also furnis...
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...
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 Corinthians 5:7; 1 Corinthians 5:8; Genesis 43:16; Isaiah 25:6;...