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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_....
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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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FORSAKE, &C. Illustrations: Moses (Hebrews 11:24); Caleb and Joshua
(Numbers 13:30; Numbers 14:6; Numbers 14:38); Rahab ...
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_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...
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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...
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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:...
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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...
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9:6 follies (g-2) Strictly, 'simplicities.' plural of 'simple,' vers.
4,16; ch. 1.4....
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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 Wis...
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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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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...
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עִזְב֣וּ פְתָאיִ֣ם וִֽ חְי֑וּ וְ֝
אִשְׁר֗וּ ב
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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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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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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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THE BANQUET OF WISDOM...
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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...
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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...
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Proverbs 9:6 Forsake H5800 (H8798) foolishness H6612 live H2421
(H8798) go H833 (H8798) way H1870 understanding...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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_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....
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_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...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 9:4 LET HIM (who is simple) TURN IN HERE.
Compare the invitation in Proverbs 8:5....
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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...
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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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2 Corinthians 6:17; Acts 2:40; Luke 13:24; Matthew 7:13; Matthew 7:14