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Verse Proverbs 9:3. _SHE HATH SENT FORTH HER MAIDENS_] The wisdom of
God has made use of the _most proper means_ to communicate Divine
knowledge to the inhabitants of the earth; as a good and gracious...
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Wisdom and the “foolish woman” Proverbs 9:13 speak from the same
places and to the same class - the simple, undecided, wavering,
standing at the diverging point of the two paths that lead to life or
d...
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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 per...
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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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SENT FORTH HER MAIDENS. An Eastern custom. In N.T. the invitation was
carried by menservants (Matthew 22:3.Luke 14:17; Luke 14:17).
MAIDENS. or young persons (masculine or feminine) Hebrew. _na'ar._...
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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 tab...
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SHE HATH SENT FORTH HER MAIDENS— _The maidens of Wisdom,_ says
Calmet, are the apostles and first preachers of the gospel, who invite
all people to the study of wisdom, to the faith of Jesus Christ, a...
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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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She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places
of the city,
SHE HATH SENT FORTH HER MAIDENS: SHE CRIETH UPON THE HIGHEST PLACES
OF THE CITY - literally, 'upon the pinnacles of...
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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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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 HATH SENT FORTH HER MAIDENS. — Wisdom being here described under
the figure of a woman, is properly represented as attended by her
maidens, whom she sends forth to summon the guests. But the King...
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שָֽׁלְחָ֣ה נַעֲרֹתֶ֣יהָ תִקְרָ֑א עַל
־גַּ֝פֵּ֗י מְרֹ֣מֵי קָֽרֶת׃...
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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
Proverbs 4:1
AFTER the lengthened contrast between the vicious woman and W...
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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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She hath sent forth her (d) maidens: she crieth upon the highest
places of the city,
(d) Meaning, true preachers, who are not infected with man's wisdom....
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_Maids. Septuagint, "servant men," the pastors of the church, inviting
all to piety in so public a manner, that none can plead ignorance.
(St. Gregory) (Calmet) --- To invite. Protestants, "she crieth...
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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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SHE HATH SENT FORTH HER MAIDENS,.... Not moral virtues, or good works,
which subserve the interest of Christ and religion, adorn the Gospel
and its professors; nor the liberal arts and sciences, said...
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She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of
the city,
Ver. 3. _She hath sent forth her maidens._] So ministers are called -
in prosecution of the allegory, for it is fit th...
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_She hath sent forth her maidens_ Her servants, to invite the guests,
namely, the ministers of the word of God, whom he calls _maidens_, for
the decency of the parable; for Wisdom being compared to a...
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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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HER MAIDENS; her servants, to invite the guests; ministers of the
word, whom he calls maidens, partly for the decency of the parable;
for wisdom being compared to a great princess, was fit to be atten...
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Proverbs 9:3 out H7971 (H8804) maidens H5291 out H7121 (H8799) from
H1610 places H4791 city H7176
sent - Matthew 22:3-4, Matthew 22:9; Luke 11:49, Luke 14:17, Luke
14:21-23
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PREPARATION OF THE GREAT FEAST (PROVERBS 9:1 A).
‘Wisdom has built her house,
She has shaped (hewn out) her seven pillars,
She has killed her beasts,
She has mingled her wine,
She has also furnis...
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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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_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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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). The chapter sums up...
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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 5:20; 2 Corinthians 5:21; John 18:20; John 7:37; Luke
11:49; Luke 14:17; Luke 14:21; Matthew 22:3; Matthew 22:4; Matthew
22:9
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Maidens — Her servants to invite the guests, ministers of the word
whom he calls maidens for the decency of the parable; for wisdom being
compared to a great princess, was fit to be attended upon by m...