Proverbs 9:1-12

WISDOM MAKETH A FEAST AND INVITETH GUESTS, Proverbs 9:1-12, The discourse on wisdom is continued, (Proverbs 9:1-12.)

This heavenly wisdom is never separated in thought for a moment from virtue and piety. Though not exactly identical with virtue and piety, inasmuch as it is more comprehensive, these qualities are included in it, and make a principal part of it. (Proverbs 9:10.) It was contrary to the royal preceptor’s idea that any man could be wise who neglected his obligations to God and man. (See note on Proverbs 1:7.) The personification of wisdom is still carried on, though she is not always made to speak in her own person, as at Proverbs 9:5-6. Folly, the opposite of wisdom, is also personified, as a dissolute woman. (Proverbs 9:13-18.)