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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...
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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...
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WHO GO RIGHT, &C. passing on their way, or [To call them] that go
straight forward, &c....
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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...
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_who go right on their ways_ who are not putting themselves in the way
of temptation by loitering or straying into by-ways, but who, though
in the path of duty, are unwary and unsuspecting, and so nee...
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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...
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To call passengers who go right on their ways:
TO CALL PASSENGERS WHO GO RIGHT ON THEIR WAYS - literally, 'who are
making right their ways.' Her chief aim is to seduce the godly, or
those inclined...
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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...
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The people walk straight ahead. Solomon compares life to a journey. We
should walk straight ahead. See Proverbs 4:25-26. We must not allow
evil things to attract us.
The Foolish Woman calls to people...
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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...
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לִ קְרֹ֥א לְ עֹֽבְרֵי ־דָ֑רֶךְ הַֽ֝
מְיַשְּׁר
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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TO CALL PASSENGERS WHO GO RIGHT ON THEIR WAYS. Who have been
religiously educated, and trained up in the principles of true
Christianity; and who walk outwardly according to the rule of the
divine wor...
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To call passengers who go right on their ways:
Ver. 15. _That go right on their way._] She fights at the fairest,
seeks to seduce the forwardest. "They shall deceive, if it were
possible, the very el...
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_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...
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to call passengers who go right on their ways, unwary travelers who
are using the highways, intent upon their business:...
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THE BANQUET OF FOLLY...
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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...
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Who were going innocently and directly about their business without
any unchaste design; for others needed none of those invitations or
offers, but went to her of their own accord. And besides, such l...
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Proverbs 9:15 call H7121 (H8800) by H5674 (H8802) H1870 straight H3474
(H8764) way H734...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_To call passengers who go right on their ways._
THE TEMPTED ONES
Who are the tempted? Young people who have been well-educated; these
she will triumph most in being the ruin of.
I. What their real...
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_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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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Go right — Who are going innocently about their business....