A person must do two things to become a Christian:
• He must turn from evil behaviour. The woman called Wisdom, says, ‘Leave your simple ways, and live!’
• He must trust in God. The woman called Wisdom says, ‘Live wisely!’
Peter explained this in Acts 3:19. ‘Refuse to do evil things! Turn to God! If you do this, then God will forgive you. He will give a new life to you.’
Verse Proverbs 9:6. _FORSAKE THE FOOLISH_] For the companion of fools must be a fool. _AND LIVE_] Answer the _end_ for which thou wert _born_....
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...
FORSAKE, &C. Illustrations: Moses (Hebrews 11:24); Caleb and Joshua (Numbers 13:30; Numbers 14:6; Numbers 14:38); Rahab ...
_Forsake the foolish_ Rather, FORSAKE, YE SIMPLE (sc. _your simplicity_): come to a decision; your present neutral position (see note on Proverbs 1:4, "the simple") is untenable. Your choice lies betw...
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...
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:...
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. FORSAKE THE FOOLISH, AND LIVE; AND GO IN THE WAY OF UNDERSTANDING. Forsake the company and the ways of the foolish (the same word...
9:6 follies (g-2) Strictly, 'simplicities.' plural of 'simple,' vers. 4,16; ch. 1.4....
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...
Read, 'Forsake folly.' 7-12 are out of their proper context....
FORSAKE THE FOOLISH. — Rather, _the simple_; be no longer counted among the weak, who can be “carried about with every wind of doctrine” (Ephesians 4:14), but “stand fast in the faith, quit you like m...
עִזְב֣וּ פְתָאיִ֣ם וִֽ חְי֑וּ וְ֝ אִשְׁר֗וּ ב
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...
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...
FORSAKE THE FOOLISH,.... Foolish men and their company; not men of weak abilities in things natural and civil, or who are reckoned foolish by the world; for so the saints are, whose company is not to...
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. Ver. 6. _Forsake the foolish._] No coming to this feast in the tattered rags of the old Adam; you must relinquish your former evil c...
_Whoso is simple_ Ignorant, weak, and liable to be deceived, but willing to learn; _let him turn in hither_ For there is no man so ignorant but he is welcome to come and receive instruction. By this m...
Forsake the foolish and live, because the leaving of the company of fools and scorners is the first step in the right direction on the road to life, AND GO IN THE WAY OF UNDERSTANDING, moving straight...
THE BANQUET OF WISDOM...
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...
THE FOOLISH, i.e. the wicked, and their courses and society: you must either forsake them or me, for we are irreconcilable enemies. IN THE WAY OF UNDERSTANDING; which leads to it, and is prescribed by...
Proverbs 9:6 Forsake H5800 (H8798) foolishness H6612 live H2421 (H8798) go H833 (H8798) way H1870 understanding...
PARTAKING OF THE GREAT FEAST (PROVERBS 9:5). “Come, eat you of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled. Leave off, you naive ones, and live, And walk in the way of understanding.” All...
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...
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...
_Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding._ THE FOOLISH WAY FORSAKEN True religion includes two particulars, called in Scripture ceasing to do evil, and learning to do well....
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 9:4 LET HIM (who is simple) TURN IN HERE. Compare the invitation in Proverbs 8:5....
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 6:17; Acts 2:40; Luke 13:24; Matthew 7:13; Matthew 7:14