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 Hercules,' which related how the hero, at the beginning of his career, was accosted by two fair women, Virtue and Vice, who would have him tread, one the rough, the other the flowery way.
1-6. Wisdom's invitation.
CHAPTER IX _Wisdom builds her house, makes her provision for a great feast,_ _calls her guests, and exhorts them to partake of her_ _entertainment_, 14. _Different admonitions relative to the acqu...
A parable full of beauty, and interesting in its parallelism to the parables of our Lord Matthew 22:3; Luke 14:16. SEVEN PILLARS - The number is chosen as indicating completeness and perfection. God r...
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...
WISDOM. Plural as in Proverbs 1:20; Proverbs 9:1, and Proverbs 14:1....
_seven pillars_ "Pillars form an important feature in Oriental architecture, partly perhaps as a reminiscence of the tent with its supporting poles, and partly also from the use of flat roofs, in cons...
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...
WISDOM HATH BUILDED HER HOUSE— This is a most splendid allegory, says Schultens, in which Wisdom is conceived as a queen, sitting in her royal palace, and inviting mortals to a banquet, plentifully fu...
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:...
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: Proverbs 9:1.-Wisdom's preparations of her house and her banquet for the quests whom she invites by her maidens (Proverbs 9:1). T...
9:1 Wisdom (c-1) See Note, ch. 1.20....
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...
The woman, called Wisdom, has worked hard. She has decided to invite guests. She has even built a special house to give them a special welcome. The house has 7 columns, so it is large. It is complete,...
IX. (o). _Fifteenth Discourse: the Invitations of Wisdom and Folly_ (Proverbs 9). (1) WISDOM HATH BUILDED HER HOUSE — _i.e._, in preparation for the feast to which she is about to invite her guests....
חָ֭כְמֹות בָּנְתָ֣ה בֵיתָ֑הּ חָצְבָ֖ה עַמּוּדֶ֣יהָ שִׁבְעָֽה׃...
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...
Wisdom hath built her (a) house, she hath hewn out her (b) seven pillars: (a) Christ has prepared him a Church. (b) That is, many chief supports and principal parts of his Church, as were the patria...
House. The sacred humanity, (St. Ignatius; St. Augustine, City of God xvii. 20.) or the Church. (St. Gregory, Mor. xxxiii. 15.) --- Here we may receive all instruction, the seven sacraments, and the g...
CONTENTS. In this chapter we have set before us the very different proposals of wisdom and folly. And we are shewn no less, how certainly the former leads to happiness, and the latter to misery. Prov...
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...
WISDOM HATH BUILDED HER HOUSE,.... Or "Wisdoms": of which see Proverbs 1:20; Christ, the Wisdom of God, is meant, in whom and from whom all wisdom is. Various are the opinions concerning this house bu...
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: Ver. 1. _Wisdom._] Heb., Wisdoms, in the plural; and this, either _honoris causa,_ for honour's sake, or else by an ellipsis, as if...
_Wisdom_, &c. Wisdom here, under a most splendid allegory, is represented “as a queen, sitting in her royal palace, and inviting mortals to a banquet, plentifully furnished with the richest dainties,...
THE BANQUET OF WISDOM...
Wisdom, the divine and true wisdom, as it is exercised and exhibited here on earth among men, HATH BUILDED HER HOUSE, to dwell in the midst of men. SHE HATH HEWN OUT HER SEVEN PILLARS, the reference b...
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...
PROVERBS CHAPTER 9 Wisdom's call to her people unto blessed communion and fellowship with herself, set out under a similitude of making a feast, PROVERBS 9:1. Her preparation, PROVERBS 9:2, and invita...
Proverbs 9:1 Wisdom H2454 built H1129 (H8804) house H1004 out H2672 (H8804) seven H7651 pillars H5982...
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...
Proverbs 9:1 If the Wisdom spoken of by Solomon be none other than Christ, the house of Wisdom must be the spiritual house which Christ builds His Church. This house is described as being strong and s...
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...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 9:1 The image of Wisdom’s HOUSE is of a noble lady inviting people to a great feast. SEVEN PILLARS suggests that the house is large; it could also symbolize perfection....
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 3:9; 1 Kings 7:2; 1 Kings 7:21; 1 Kings 7:3; 1 Kings 7:6
Her house — For the reception of her guests. Seven — Many pillars; whereby is intimated the beauty and stability of the church. Pillars — Prophets, and apostles, and ministers....