Proverbs 9
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Proverbs 9
Wisdom’s Feast
1 #
Mt 16.18; Eph 2.20, 22 Wisdom has built her house;
she has hewn her seven pillars.
2 #
Mt 22.4
She has slaughtered her animals; she has mixed her wine;
she has also set her table.
3 #
Ps 68.11; Mt 22.3 She has sent out her female servants; she calls
from the highest places in the town,
4 #
Prov 6.32; 8.5 “You who are simple, turn in here!”
To those without sense she says,
5 #
Song 5.1; Isa 55.1; Jn 6.27 “Come, eat of my bread
and drink of the wine I have mixed.
6 #
Ezek 11.20; 37.24 Lay aside immaturity and live,
and walk in the way of insight.”
General Maxims
7 #
Prov 23.9
Whoever corrects a scoffer wins abuse;
whoever rebukes the wicked gets hurt.
8 #
Ps 141.5; Mt 7.6 Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you;
rebuke the wise, and he will love you.
9 #
Prov 1.5
Give instruction#9.9 Heb lacks instruction to the wise, and they will become wiser still;
teach the righteous, and they will gain in learning.
10 #
Job 28.28; Prov 1.7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
11 #
Prov 3.16; 10.27 For by me your days will be multiplied,
and years will be added to your life.
12 #
Prov 19.29
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself;
if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
Folly’s Invitation and Promise
13 #
Prov 5.6; 7.11 The foolish woman is loud;
she is ignorant and knows nothing.
14She sits at the door of her house,
on a seat at the high places of the town,
15calling to those who pass by,
who are going straight on their way,
16“You who are simple, turn in here!”
And to those without sense she says,
17 #
Prov 20.17
“Stolen water is sweet,
and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
18 #
Prov 7.27
But they do not know that the dead#9.18 Heb shades are there,
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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