Proverbs 9:11 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 9:1-12

Wisdom is here introduced as a magnificent and munificent queen, very great and very generous; that Word of God is this Wisdom in which God makes known his goodwill towards men; God the Word is this Wisdom, to whom the Father has committed all judgment. He who, in the chapter before, showed his grandeur and glory as the Creator of the world, here shows his grace and goodness as the Redeemer of it. The word is plural, Wisdoms; for in Christ are hid treasures of wisdom, and in his undertaking... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 9:11

For by me thy days shall be multiplied ,.... These are the words of Wisdom, and contain a reason and argument why her call and advice in the preceding verses should be listened unto, since she gives long life to her followers. She is a tree of life unto them, the author and giver of spiritual and eternal life; by means of her bread and her wine spiritual life is maintained, promoted, and preserved; and length of days, for ever and ever, is the gift of her right hand; see Proverbs 3:16 .... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 9:11

For by me thy days shall be multiplied - Vice shortens human life, by a necessity of consequence: and by the same, righteousness lengthens it. There is a long addition here in the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate: "He who trusts in falsity feeds on the winds; and is like him who chases the fowls of heaven. He forsakes the way of his own vineyard, and errs from the paths of his own inheritance. He enters also into lonely and desert places, and into a land abandoned to thirst; and his hands... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 9:1-18

15. Fifteenth admonitory discourse, containing in a parabolic form an invitation of Wisdom ( Proverbs 9:1-12 ), and that of her rival Folly ( Proverbs 9:13-18 ). The chapter sums up in brief the warnings of the preceding part. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 9:4-12

Here follows the invitation of Wisdom, urging the attendance of guests at the sumptuous banquet which she has prepared (comp. Revelation 19:9 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 9:10-11

Digging deep rising high, lasting long (See homilies on Proverbs 1:7 and Proverbs 3:1-4 .) The fact that we meet with the opening sentence of the text in no less than three other places ( Job 27:1-23 :28; Psalms 111:10 ; Proverbs 1:7 ), gives to it a peculiar significance. It indicates that the Divine Author of the Bible would impress deeply on our minds the truth— I. THAT ON THE FEAR OF GOD , AS ON A SOLID ROCK , ALL HUMAN WISDOM RESTS . Nothing... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 9:10-12

Recurrence to first principles Life is made up of circles. We are ever coming back to whence we started. As history repeats itself, so must morality and religion. The shining points of wisdom appear and reappear with the regularity of the heavenly bodies. The vault of heaven has its analogue in the star-besprinkled vault of the moral relations. Iteration and repetition of first principles are constantly necessary, ever wholesome, peculiarly characteristic of Semitic thought. Wherever life... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 9:11

The parenthetical explanation being concluded, in which Wisdom has intimated why it is useless to appeal to the scorner and tile wilful sinner, she now resumes the direct address interrupted at Proverbs 9:7 , presenting a forcible reason for the advice given in Proverbs 9:6 , though there is still some connection with Proverbs 9:10 , as it is from the wisdom that comes from the fear of the Lord that the blessings now mentioned spring. For by me thy days shall be multiplied (see ... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 9:10-12

Proverbs 9:10-12. The fear of the Lord, &c. The very first, and, indeed, the principal thing which is to be instilled into all men’s minds, (without which they will make no progress in true wisdom,) is a serious sense of the Divine Majesty, and an awful regard toward him. And next, that no knowledge deserves the name of understanding but that which disposes us to devote ourselves, in holy obedience, to God; or the knowledge and practice of true religion, and the duties of it: see... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 9:1-18

Invitations from ‘Wisdom’ and ‘Folly’ (9:1-18)Wisdom is again personified in a gracious lady. This time she invites the silly and the ignorant to a great feast that she has prepared in her magnificent house. She wants them to come and enjoy the life-giving gifts of wisdom and discernment that she freely offers (9:1-6).Whether people desire wisdom depends largely upon the character they have developed in themselves over the years. When people grow conceited in their opinions and blind to their... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 9:1-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 9:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 9:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 9:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 9:4-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 9:10-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 9:10-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 9:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 9:10-12

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 9:1-18

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