She sitteth at the door of her house. — She does not care, like Wisdom, to send forth her maidens “to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10); she contents herself with sitting at ease, just outside her own door, and calling to the passers-by.
Verse Proverbs 9:14. _FOR SHE SITTETH AT THE DOOR OF HER HOUSE_] Her conduct here marks at once her _folly, impudence_, and _poverty_. See above on Proverbs 7:6, c., where the reader will find a simil...
Contrast with Proverbs 9:1, etc. The foolish woman has her house, but it is no stately palace with seven pillars, like the home of Wisdom. No train of maidens wait on her, and invite her guests, but s...
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...
DOOR. entrance....
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...
For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, FOR SHE SITTETH AT THE DOOR OF HER HOUSE, ON A SEAT IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE CITY - even as Wisdom cries "in the...
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...
The woman called Wisdom prepared a fine meal for her guests. Wisdom even built a splendid house for them. But the Foolish Woman is lazy. The Foolish Woman did none of these things. She does not even...
וְֽ֭ יָשְׁבָה לְ פֶ֣תַח בֵּיתָ֑הּ עַל ־כִּ֝סּ
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...
FOR SHE SITTETH AT THE DOOR OF HER HOUSE, e.] Idle and inactive, looking out for her prey not active and laborious, as Wisdom, building her house, killing her beasts, furnishing her table, and sending...
For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, Ver. 14. _For she sitteth at the door._] In a harlot's habit, to see and be seen; the guise and garb of harlots. Ci...
_She sitteth at the door of her house_ Which denotes her idleness and impudence, and her diligence in watching for occasions of sin. _To call passengers_ Who were going innocently and directly about t...
For she sitteth at the door of her house, like a harlot watching for passers-by, Genesis 38:14, ON A SEAT IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE CITY, the lofty throne of the city being named in irony to show what...
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...
Which notes her idleness and impudence, and diligence in watching for occasions of sin....
Proverbs 9:14 sits H3427 (H8804) door H6607 house H1004 seat H3678 places H4791 city H7176 she -...
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...
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...
_For she sitteth at the door of her house._ THE MINISTRY OF TEMPTATION I. As conducted by depraved woman. A foolish woman is here the emblem of wickedness in the world. 1. She is ignorant. Blind to...
_A foolish woman is clamorous._ THE FOOLISH WOMAN This might be understood, in all truth, of the “strange woman” with her enticements; but I am strongly inclined to interpret the passage of Folly as...
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...
Proverbs 7:10; Proverbs 9:3...
At the door — Watching for occasions of sin....