Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Proverbs 9:16
Whoso is simple— This is a most specious and artful detortion of the address of Wisdom; by which she would insult the friends of religion, truth, and holiness.
Whoso is simple— This is a most specious and artful detortion of the address of Wisdom; by which she would insult the friends of religion, truth, and holiness.
Verse Proverbs 9:16. _WHOSO_ IS _SIMPLE, LET HIM TURN IN HITHER_] FOLLY or PLEASURE here personified, uses the very same expressions as employed by _Wisdom_, Proverbs 9:4. Wisdom says, "Let the simpl...
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...
Proverbs 9:13. The Introduction, or first main division of the Book, ends with the contrasted picture of Folly. She too has her house, at the door of which she sits (Proverbs 9:14); she too, though th...
TEXT Proverbs 9:10-18 10. The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 11. For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy lif...
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, WHOSO IS SIMPLE, LET HIM TURN IN HITHER: AND AS FOR HIM THAT WANTETH UNDERSTANDING, SHE SAITH T...
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...
We heard this invitation earlier, in verse 4. The Foolish Woman gives the same words of invitation as the woman called Wisdom. The Foolish Woman also calls ‘simple’ people. Evil people have decided a...
WHOSO IS SIMPLE... — She imitates Wisdom closely in her address: Satan, too, transforms himself into an “angel of light” (2 Corinthians 11:14). Folly attracts those undecided characters who are in the...
מִי ־פֶ֭תִי יָסֻ֣ר הֵ֑נָּה וַ חֲסַר ־לֵ֝֗ב
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
CHAPTER 2 THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge."- Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: And the knowledge of the Holy One is underst...
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...
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, To call passengers who go right on their ways: Who...
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...
WHOSO [IS] SIMPLE, LET HIM TURN IN HITHER,.... The harlot's house, Popish chapels and churches. She uses the same form of words that Wisdom does, Proverbs 9:4; having a form of godliness, a show of re...
Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, Ver. 16. _Who is simple._] Wisdom's own words. Pro 9:4 Take heed, saith our Saviour; they com...
_Whoso is simple_ Which title is not given to them by her; for such a reproach would not have allured them, but driven them away; but by Solomon, who represents the matter of her invitation in his own...
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither, to partake of the banquet of her folly, to be steeped ever more thoroughly in foolishness; AND AS FOR HIM THAT WANTETH UNDERSTANDING, lacking in this essential...
THE BANQUET OF FOLLY...
13-18 How diligent the tempter is, to seduce unwary souls into sin! Carnal, sensual pleasure, stupifies conscience, and puts out the sparks of conviction. This tempter has no solid reason to offer; a...
SIMPLE; which title is not given to them by her, for such a reproach would not have allured them, but driven them away; but by Solomon, who represents the matter of her invitation in his own words, th...
Proverbs 9:16 simple H6612 in H5493 (H8799) lacks H2638 understanding H3820 says H559 (H8804)...
THE APPEAL OF WOMAN FOLLY TO THE NAIVE (PROVERBS 9:13). There is no suggestion that Woman Folly's house is opulent or well-provisioned. And indeed she herself is described as ‘turbulent' and ‘knowing...
Proverbs 9:3 , PROVERBS 9:16 I. Choose. Here is the manliness of manhood, that a man has a reason for what he does, and has a will in doing it. Be the masters and lords of the circumstances in which y...
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...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 9:13. A FOOLISH WOMAN, rather, “the woman of folly,” an exact opposition of the personified wisdom of the former part of the chapter. CLAMOROUS, “violently excited” _(Zöckle...
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...
Simple — This title is not given them by her, but by Solomon....