King James Version
Proverbs 9
18 verses with commentary
Wisdom Has Built Her House
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
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Wisdom's house on seven pillars suggests completeness and stability (seven being the number of perfection). This prepared dwelling anticipates the church as God's household (1 Timothy 3:15) and the heavenly banquet (Revelation 19:9). Wisdom offers prepared provision for all who will enter.
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
**IX.**
(o). *Fifteenth Discourse: the Invitations of Wisdom and Folly *(Proverbs 9).
(1) **Wisdom hath builded her house—***i.e.*, in preparation for the feast to which she is about to invite her guests. It is not an unusual custom in the Old Testament to describe intimate communion with God, and the refreshment which the soul of man thereby receives, under the figure of a festival. Thus in Exodu...
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121-126. On the grounds of his integrity, desire for God's word, and covenant relation to Him, the servant of God may plead for His protecting care against the wicked, gracious guidance to the knowledge of truth, and His effective vindication of the righteous and their cause, which is also His own.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 9
Chapter Outline
The invitations of Wisdom.(1-12)
The invitations of folly.(13-18)
**Verses 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 the gospel go forth to invite the guests. The call is general, and shuts out none ...
Read full commentary →She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. her beasts: Heb. her killing
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Wisdom has killed her beasts, mixed her wine, furnished her table. The Hebrew 'tabach' (slaughter), 'masak' (mix/dilute wine), and 'arak' (arrange/set in order) describe banquet preparation. Wisdom offers abundant provision - meat, wine, prepared table. The feast metaphor portrays wisdom as satisfying nourishment. Those who come to wisdom's table are abundantly fed. This anticipates Jesus' invitat...
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(2) **She hath killed her beasts.—**Comp. Matthew 22:4.
**She hath mingled her wine**—*i.e.*, probably, flavoured it with spices, to improve the flavour. (Comp. Proverbs 23:30.) But the wine used at the Passover (Matthew 26:29, &c.) was mingled with water to decrease its strength.
**She hath also furnished her table.**—“Christ hath furnished His own Table, exhibiting His precious and spotless Body...
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121-126. On the grounds of his integrity, desire for God's word, and covenant relation to Him, the servant of God may plead for His protecting care against the wicked, gracious guidance to the knowledge of truth, and His effective vindication of the righteous and their cause, which is also His own.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 9
Chapter Outline
The invitations of Wisdom.(1-12)
The invitations of folly.(13-18)
**Verses 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 the gospel go forth to invite the guests. The call is general, and shuts out none ...
Read full commentary →She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
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Wisdom sends out her maidens, calls from the city's heights. The Hebrew 'shalach' (send) and 'qara' (call/proclaim) describe public invitation. Wisdom doesn't hide but publicly invites all. The maidens represent message-bearers; the height represents visibility and authority. Wisdom's invitation is open, public, authoritative. Unlike seduction's private whisper, wisdom shouts publicly, 'Come to my...
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(3) **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 (Matthew 22) despatches His servants for the same work, viz., His prophets and wise men and scribes (Matthew 23:34), whom from age to age He sends forth as His messengers.
**She crieth upon the ...
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121-126. On the grounds of his integrity, desire for God's word, and covenant relation to Him, the servant of God may plead for His protecting care against the wicked, gracious guidance to the knowledge of truth, and His effective vindication of the righteous and their cause, which is also His own.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 9
Chapter Outline
The invitations of Wisdom.(1-12)
The invitations of folly.(13-18)
**Verses 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 the gospel go forth to invite the guests. The call is general, and shuts out none ...
Read full commentary →Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
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Whoever is simple, let him turn in here. Wisdom addresses the simple/naive. The Hebrew 'pethiy' (simple/naive) describes the gullible, unformed, undecided. Wisdom doesn't require sophisticated brilliance but welcomes the simple. Those who know they lack wisdom can come and receive. The prerequisite isn't intelligence but humility - recognizing need and responding to invitation.
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(4) **Whoso is simple . . . as for him that wanteth understanding.—**So God does not call many “wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble” (1Corinthians 1:26); but chooses the “foolish,” “weak,” and “base,” whom man might overlook; not being willing that any should perish (2Peter 3:9), especially His “little ones” (Matthew 18:14). who are liable to fall through their inexperience a...
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121-126. On the grounds of his integrity, desire for God's word, and covenant relation to Him, the servant of God may plead for His protecting care against the wicked, gracious guidance to the knowledge of truth, and His effective vindication of the righteous and their cause, which is also His own.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 9
Chapter Outline
The invitations of Wisdom.(1-12)
The invitations of folly.(13-18)
**Verses 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 the gospel go forth to invite the guests. The call is general, and shuts out none ...
Read full commentary →Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
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Come, eat my bread and drink my wine I've mixed. Wisdom's invitation: participate in her feast. The Hebrew 'lacham' (bread) and 'yayin' (wine) are basic sustenance and celebratory abundance. Wisdom offers both necessity and pleasure, both nourishment and joy. Coming to wisdom provides what's needed and what delights. This anticipates communion - bread and wine representing Christ's body and blood,...
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(5) **Come, eat of my bread **. . .—Comp. the invitations of Isaiah 55:1 and John 6:35.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**127-128. Therefore--**that is, In view of these benefits, or, Because of the glory of Thy law, so much praised in the previous parts of the Psalm.
**I love ... [and] Therefore (repeated)--**All its precepts, on all subjects, are estimable for their purity, and lead one imbued with their spirit to hate all evil (Psa 19:10). The Word of God admits of no eclecticism; its least title is perfect (P...
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Chapter 9
Chapter Outline
The invitations of Wisdom.(1-12)
The invitations of folly.(13-18)
**Verses 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 the gospel go forth to invite the guests. The call is general, and shuts out none ...
Read full commentary →Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
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Forsake foolishness and live; proceed in the way of understanding. The Hebrew 'azab' (leave/forsake) and 'ashar' (go straight/proceed) command directional change. Leaving foolishness enables proceeding in understanding. The two movements are connected - can't walk wisdom's path while carrying folly. Repentance (forsaking) precedes progress (proceeding). Life results from wise walking; death from f...
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(6) **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 men, be strong” (1Corinthians 16:13).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**127-128. Therefore--**that is, In view of these benefits, or, Because of the glory of Thy law, so much praised in the previous parts of the Psalm.
**I love ... [and] Therefore (repeated)--**All its precepts, on all subjects, are estimable for their purity, and lead one imbued with their spirit to hate all evil (Psa 19:10). The Word of God admits of no eclecticism; its least title is perfect (P...
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Chapter 9
Chapter Outline
The invitations of Wisdom.(1-12)
The invitations of folly.(13-18)
**Verses 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 the gospel go forth to invite the guests. The call is general, and shuts out none ...
Read full commentary →He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
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Whoever corrects a mocker gets shame; whoever rebukes wicked gets insult. The Hebrew 'yasar' (correct/discipline) and 'yakach' (rebuke/reprove) describe instructive confrontation. But mockers and wicked don't receive correction gratefully - they return shame and insult. This verse warns: some people aren't ready for wisdom. Attempting to instruct those committed to folly brings harm to instructor ...
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(7) **He that reproveth a scorner **. . .—Wisdom does not address the scoffer, nor the godless: this would be “giving that which is holy unto the dogs, and casting pearls before swine” (Matthew 7:6). (Comp. our Lord’s own plan of teaching by parables, that His hearers might not understand (Luke 8:10).
**Getteth to himself shame**.—Or, *insult.*
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**129. wonderful--**literally, "wonders," that is, of moral excellence.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 9
Chapter Outline
The invitations of Wisdom.(1-12)
The invitations of folly.(13-18)
**Verses 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 the gospel go forth to invite the guests. The call is general, and shuts out none ...
Read full commentary →Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
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The scorner's proud rejection of reproof contrasts with the wise person's grateful reception. Correcting a scoffer invites hatred, but instructing the wise produces love. This shows wisdom's social dimension—teachability marks the truly wise, while unteachability proves folly regardless of intelligence.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**130. The entrance--**literally, "opening"; God's words, as an open door, let in light, or knowledge. Rather, as Hengstenberg explains it, "The opening up," or, "explanation of thy word." To the natural man the doors of God's Word are shut. Lu 24:27, 31; Ac 17:3; Ep 1:18, confirm this view, "opening (that is, explaining) and alleging," &c.
**unto the simple--**those needing or desiring it (...
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Chapter 9
Chapter Outline
The invitations of Wisdom.(1-12)
The invitations of folly.(13-18)
**Verses 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 the gospel go forth to invite the guests. The call is general, and shuts out none ...
Read full commentary →Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
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The teachable spirit enables continuous growth—the wise become wiser, the just more just. This progressive sanctification reflects God's ongoing work in believers. Learning is not a stage to graduate from but a lifelong posture, as finite creatures can never exhaust the riches of infinite wisdom.
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(9) **Give instruction to a wise man.—**Comp. Matthew 13:12; Matthew 25:29.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
131-135. An ardent desire (compare Psa 56:1, 2) for spiritual enlightening, establishment in a right course, deliverance from the wicked, and evidence of God's favor is expressed
**I opened my mouth, and panted--**as a traveller in a hot desert pants for the cooling breeze (Psa 63:1; 84:2).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 9
Chapter Outline
The invitations of Wisdom.(1-12)
The invitations of folly.(13-18)
**Verses 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 the gospel go forth to invite the guests. The call is general, and shuts out none ...
Read full commentary →The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
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This verse repeats the fundamental principle from 1:7: 'The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.' The repetition bookends the opening instructional section (chapters 1-9), reinforcing its foundational importance. 'The knowledge of the holy is understanding' parallels the first phrase: knowing God (the Holy One) constitutes true understanding. This verse establishes that genuine wisdom and ...
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(10) **The fear of the Lord **. . .—Comp. Isaiah 11:2, where the “spirit of knowledge” and of the “fear of the Lord” is counted as the gift of God. (For the general sense of the passage, see above, on Proverbs 1:7.)
**Knowledge of the holy—***i.e.*, “the Holy One,” as in Proverbs 30:3.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
131-135. An ardent desire (compare Psa 56:1, 2) for spiritual enlightening, establishment in a right course, deliverance from the wicked, and evidence of God's favor is expressed
**I opened my mouth, and panted--**as a traveller in a hot desert pants for the cooling breeze (Psa 63:1; 84:2).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 9
Chapter Outline
The invitations of Wisdom.(1-12)
The invitations of folly.(13-18)
**Verses 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 the gospel go forth to invite the guests. The call is general, and shuts out none ...
Read full commentary →For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
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By wisdom your days will multiply and years added to your life. The Hebrew 'ravah' (multiply/increase) promises longevity from wisdom. This isn't mechanical guarantee but general principle: wisdom tends toward life, folly toward death. Wise living generally produces longer, better life. Foolish living abbreviates and degrades life. While exceptions exist, the pattern holds: wisdom brings life; fol...
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(11) **For by me thy days shall be multiplied **. . .—The connection of this verse with the preceding one is as follows:—It is true wisdom to fear and know God, for thus length of years and life that is worth living are to be gained. (Comp. Proverbs 3:2.)
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
131-135. An ardent desire (compare Psa 56:1, 2) for spiritual enlightening, establishment in a right course, deliverance from the wicked, and evidence of God's favor is expressed
**I opened my mouth, and panted--**as a traveller in a hot desert pants for the cooling breeze (Psa 63:1; 84:2).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 9
Chapter Outline
The invitations of Wisdom.(1-12)
The invitations of folly.(13-18)
**Verses 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 the gospel go forth to invite the guests. The call is general, and shuts out none ...
Read full commentary →If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
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Each person bears individual responsibility for their response to wisdom. Being wise benefits oneself, while scorning brings self-inflicted harm. This personal accountability before God refutes both deterministic fatalism and the notion that sin harms only others—we each answer for our own choices.
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(12) **Thou shalt be wise for thyself—**i.e., to thine own benefit. (Comp. 1Corinthians 3:8.)
**Thou alone shalt bear it—***i.e., *its penalty. (Comp. Galatians 6:5.)
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
131-135. An ardent desire (compare Psa 56:1, 2) for spiritual enlightening, establishment in a right course, deliverance from the wicked, and evidence of God's favor is expressed
**I opened my mouth, and panted--**as a traveller in a hot desert pants for the cooling breeze (Psa 63:1; 84:2).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 9
Chapter Outline
The invitations of Wisdom.(1-12)
The invitations of folly.(13-18)
**Verses 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 the gospel go forth to invite the guests. The call is general, and shuts out none ...
Read full commentary →The Way of Folly
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
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Foolish woman is loud, simple, and knows nothing. Contrasting Wisdom (9:1-6), Folly is personified as foolish woman. The Hebrew 'hamah' (loud/tumultuous), 'pethiy' (simple/naive), and 'yada mah' (knows nothing) describe her character. Foolishness is noisy, ignorant, but confident. The fool speaks much while knowing little. Proverbs consistently portrays folly as loud and wisdom as measured. Noise ...
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(13) **A foolish woman.—**Rather, *the Foolish woman; *Folly personified, in opposition to Wisdom described above.
**Clamorous.**—Not of dignified mien, as her rival.
**Simple.**—Heb., *simplicity, i.e., *she is simplicity itself.
**And knoweth nothing.—**And so leaves room for all evil to enter in and dwell with her (Matthew 12:45); thus she perishes, like Israel, for “lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4...
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131-135. An ardent desire (compare Psa 56:1, 2) for spiritual enlightening, establishment in a right course, deliverance from the wicked, and evidence of God's favor is expressed
**I opened my mouth, and panted--**as a traveller in a hot desert pants for the cooling breeze (Psa 63:1; 84:2).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 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; and where she gets dominion in a soul, all knowledge of holy things is lost and forgotten. She is very violent and pressing. We need to seek and pray for true wisdom, for Satan has many w...
Read full commentary →For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
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She sits at her house door, on a seat in the city's high places. Like Wisdom (9:3), Folly positions herself prominently. The Hebrew 'yashav' (sit/dwell) and 'kisse' (seat/throne) describe established positioning. Folly doesn't hide but publicly calls, mimicking wisdom's public invitation. Distinguishing wisdom from folly requires discernment, not merely observing visibility or confidence. Both cal...
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(14) **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, just outside her own door, and calling to the passers-by.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
136. Zealous himself to keep God's law, he is deeply afflicted when others violate it (compare Psa 119:53). Literally, "Mine eyes come down (dissolved) like water brooks" (La 3:48; Jr 9:1).
**because, &c.--**(Compare Eze 9:4; Jr 13:17).
TZADDI. (Psa 119:137-144).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 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; and where she gets dominion in a soul, all knowledge of holy things is lost and forgotten. She is very violent and pressing. We need to seek and pray for true wisdom, for Satan has many w...
Read full commentary →To call passengers who go right on their ways:
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Folly calls to passersby going straight on their way. The Hebrew 'qarah' (call) and 'yashar derakiym' (making straight their ways) describe her targets - those proceeding righteously. Folly doesn't only attract the obviously wayward but targets those walking rightly, attempting to divert them. Temptation often comes not when we're blatantly sinning but when we're faithfully proceeding. Spiritual w...
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137-139. God's justice and faithfulness in His government aggravate the neglect of the wicked, and more excite the lively zeal of His people.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 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; and where she gets dominion in a soul, all knowledge of holy things is lost and forgotten. She is very violent and pressing. We need to seek and pray for true wisdom, for Satan has many w...
Read full commentary →Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
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Whoever is simple, let him turn in here. Identically to Wisdom's invitation (9:4), Folly addresses the simple. The Hebrew 'pethiy' (simple/naive) describes the undecided, gullible, easily swayed. Both wisdom and folly target the same audience - those not yet committed. The simple must choose between competing invitations. Neutrality isn't option; passivity defaults to folly. Active choice for wisd...
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(16) **Whoso is simple **. . .—She imitates Wisdom closely in her address: Satan, too, transforms himself into an “angel of light” (2Corinthians 11:14). Folly attracts those undecided characters who are in the right track, but have not the constancy to persevere in it; who, “in time of temptation, fall away.”
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
137-139. God's justice and faithfulness in His government aggravate the neglect of the wicked, and more excite the lively zeal of His people.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 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; and where she gets dominion in a soul, all knowledge of holy things is lost and forgotten. She is very violent and pressing. We need to seek and pray for true wisdom, for Satan has many w...
Read full commentary →Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. eaten: Heb. of secrecies
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This verse gives voice to Folly, the rival of Wisdom personified in this chapter. 'Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant' expresses the seductive lie that forbidden things are more enjoyable. The allure of the forbidden, the thrill of secrecy, the excitement of transgression—Folly appeals to these sinful inclinations. But verse 18 reveals the truth: 'he knoweth not that th...
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(17) **Stolen waters are sweet.**—See above, on Proverbs 5:15.
**Bread eaten in secret.**—The same figure is used in Proverbs 30:20.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
137-139. God's justice and faithfulness in His government aggravate the neglect of the wicked, and more excite the lively zeal of His people.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 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; and where she gets dominion in a soul, all knowledge of holy things is lost and forgotten. She is very violent and pressing. We need to seek and pray for true wisdom, for Satan has many w...
Read full commentary →But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
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The simple don't know that the dead are there, her guests in death's depths. The Hebrew 'rapha' (dead/departed spirits) and 'sheowl' (grave/death/underworld) describe folly's destination. What appears attractive leads to death. The simple, lacking discernment, don't recognize danger. They see attractive invitation, miss deadly outcome. Wisdom looks beyond immediate appeal to ultimate consequence. ...
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(18) **The dead are there**.—Comp. on Proverbs 2:18.
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**140. very pure--**literally, "refined," shown pure by trial.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 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; and where she gets dominion in a soul, all knowledge of holy things is lost and forgotten. She is very violent and pressing. We need to seek and pray for true wisdom, for Satan has many w...
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