Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Proverbs 9:3
She hath sent forth her (d) maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
(d) Meaning, true preachers, who are not infected with man's wisdom.
She hath sent forth her (d) maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
(d) Meaning, true preachers, who are not infected with man's wisdom.
Verse Proverbs 9:3. _SHE HATH SENT FORTH HER MAIDENS_] The wisdom of God has made use of the _most proper means_ to communicate Divine knowledge to the inhabitants of the earth; as a good and graciou...
Wisdom and the “foolish woman” Proverbs 9:13 speak from the same places and to the same class - the simple, undecided, wavering, standing at the diverging point of the two paths that lead to life or d...
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...
SENT FORTH HER MAIDENS. An Eastern custom. In N.T. the invitation was carried by menservants (Matthew 22:3.Luke 14:17; Luke 14:17). MAIDENS. or young persons (masculine or feminine) Hebrew. _na'ar._...
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...
SHE HATH SENT FORTH HER MAIDENS— _The maidens of Wisdom,_ says Calmet, are the apostles and first preachers of the gospel, who invite all people to the study of wisdom, to the faith of Jesus Christ, a...
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 sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, SHE HATH SENT FORTH HER MAIDENS: SHE CRIETH UPON THE HIGHEST PLACES OF THE CITY - literally, 'upon the pinnacles of...
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...
Messengers are sent when the meal is ready (Luke 14:17)....
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 servants of Wisdom (the woman) go to fetch the guests. Wisdom herself has invited the guests. Everyone can hear her message because everyone must choose whether to learn to be wise. In Luke 14:15...
SHE HATH SENT FORTH HER MAIDENS. — Wisdom being here described under the figure of a woman, is properly represented as attended by her maidens, whom she sends forth to summon the guests. But the King...
שָֽׁלְחָ֣ה נַעֲרֹתֶ֣יהָ תִקְרָ֑א עַל ־גַּ֝פֵּ֗י מְרֹ֣מֵי...
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...
_Maids. Septuagint, "servant men," the pastors of the church, inviting all to piety in so public a manner, that none can plead ignorance. (St. Gregory) (Calmet) --- To invite. Protestants, "she crieth...
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 SENT FORTH HER MAIDENS,.... Not moral virtues, or good works, which subserve the interest of Christ and religion, adorn the Gospel and its professors; nor the liberal arts and sciences, said...
She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, Ver. 3. _She hath sent forth her maidens._] So ministers are called - in prosecution of the allegory, for it is fit th...
_She hath sent forth her maidens_ Her servants, to invite the guests, namely, the ministers of the word of God, whom he calls _maidens_, for the decency of the parable; for Wisdom being compared to a...
THE BANQUET OF WISDOM...
She hath sent forth her maidens, bearing the invitations; SHE CRIETH UPON THE HIGHEST PLACES OF THE CITY, so that the calls of invitation may be heard by all inhabitants and visitors. The message, as...
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...
HER MAIDENS; her servants, to invite the guests; ministers of the word, whom he calls maidens, partly for the decency of the parable; for wisdom being compared to a great princess, was fit to be atten...
Proverbs 9:3 out H7971 (H8804) maidens H5291 out H7121 (H8799) from H1610 places H4791 city H7176 sent
APPEAL TO THE NAIVE AND THOSE LACKING IN UNDERSTANDING (PROVERBS 9:3). The emphasis now moves to Wisdom's call to the naive, and to ‘those who are void of understanding', that is, those who have not...
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 9:3 , 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...
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...
_Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither._ THE CHOICE OF WISDOM Life is reduced to an alternative; there is clearly marked out for us all, at the beginning of our life, that all is one thing or the...
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...
2 Corinthians 5:20; 2 Corinthians 5:21; John 18:20; John 7:37; L
Maidens — Her servants to invite the guests, ministers of the word whom he calls maidens for the decency of the parable; for wisdom being compared to a great princess, was fit to be attended upon by m...