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Contrast with Proverbs 9:1, etc. The foolish woman has her house, but
it is no stately palace with seven pillars, like the home of Wisdom.
No train of maidens wait on her, and invite her guests, but s...
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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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DOOR. entrance....
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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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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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For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high
places of the city,
FOR SHE SITTETH AT THE DOOR OF HER HOUSE, ON A SEAT IN THE HIGH
PLACES OF THE CITY - even as Wisdom cries "in the...
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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 woman called Wisdom prepared a fine meal for her guests. Wisdom
even built a splendid house for them.
But the Foolish Woman is lazy. The Foolish Woman did none of these
things. She does not even...
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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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SHE SITTETH AT THE DOOR OF HER HOUSE. — She does not care, like
Wisdom, to send forth her maidens “to seek and to save that which
was lost” (Luke 19:10); she contents herself with sitting at ease,
jus...
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וְֽ֭ יָשְׁבָה לְ פֶ֣תַח בֵּיתָ֑הּ עַל
־כִּ֝סּ
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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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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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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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FOR SHE SITTETH AT THE DOOR OF HER HOUSE, e.] Idle and inactive,
looking out for her prey not active and laborious, as Wisdom, building
her house, killing her beasts, furnishing her table, and sending...
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For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places
of the city,
Ver. 14. _For she sitteth at the door._] In a harlot's habit, to see
and be seen; the guise and garb of harlots. Ci...
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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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For she sitteth at the door of her house, like a harlot watching for
passers-by, Genesis 38:14, ON A SEAT IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE CITY,
the lofty throne of the city being named in irony to show what...
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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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Which notes her idleness and impudence, and diligence in watching for
occasions of sin....
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Proverbs 9:14 sits H3427 (H8804) door H6607 house H1004 seat H3678
places H4791 city H7176
she -...
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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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_For she sitteth at the door of her house._
THE MINISTRY OF TEMPTATION
I. As conducted by depraved woman. A foolish woman is here the emblem
of wickedness in the world.
1. She is ignorant. Blind to...
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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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Proverbs 7:10; Proverbs 9:3...
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At the door — Watching for occasions of sin....