Proverbs 9,Proverbs 12:15,Proverbs 12:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 9:15

To call passengers who go right on their ways. With shameless effrontery she cries to all that pass by, she addresses her solicitations to persons who are going straight on their way, thinking nothing of her, having no idea of deviating from their pursued object. As they walk in the path of right and duty, she tries to turn them aside. Septuagint, "Calling to herself ( προσκαλουμένη ) those that pass by and are keeping straight in their ways." The Fathers find here a picture of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 9:16

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. She uses the very same words which Wisdom utters ( Proverbs 9:4 ). The latter had addressed the simple because they were inexperienced and undecided, and might be guided aright; the former now speaks to them because they have not vet made their final choice, can still be swayed by lower considerations, and may be led astray. Such persons find it hard to distinguish between the good and the evil, the false and the true, especially when their sensual... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 9:16-17

These verses contain the invitation which Vice, in imitation of Virtue, and assuming her voice and manner, offers to the wayfarers. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 9:17

This is what she says: Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. The metaphor of "stolen waters" refers primarily to adulterous intercourse, as to "drink waters out of one's own cistern" ( Proverbs 5:15 , where see note) signifies the chaste connection of lawful wedlock. Wisdom offered flesh and wine to her guests; Folly offers bread and water. Wisdom invites openly to a well furnished table; Folly calls to a secret meal of barest victuals. What the former offers is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 9:17

Stolen waters. A fatal fascination, arising out of its very lawlessness, attaches itself to sin. Illicit pleasures are doubly attractive just because they are illicit. Let us consider the secret of these evil charms. I. THE PROVOCATION OF RESTRAINTS . There are many things which we do not care to have so long as they are within our reach, but which are clothed with a sudden attractiveness directly they are shut out from us. If we see a notice, "Trespassers will be prosecuted,"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 9:18

The deluded youth is supposed to be persuaded by the seductions of Folly and to enter her house. The writer, then, in a few weighty words, shows the terrible result of this evil compliance. But he knoweth not that the dead are there (see on Proverbs 2:18 and Proverbs 7:27 ). There are none "there," in her house, who can be said to be living, they are rephaim, shadowy ghosts of living men, or else demons of the nether world. The Septuagint and Vulgate, with a reference to Genesis 6:4 ... read more

Joseph Benson

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

A.M. 3004. B.C. 1000. In this chapter Solomon seems to illustrate more fully what he had delivered in the conclusion of the foregoing, (Proverbs 8:32-35 ,) concerning the satisfaction and happiness they might expect to find, who would attend at the gates, and submit themselves to the government of that heavenly wisdom, which he had described as proceeding from God; and which he here again represents as a glorious queen, the daughter of heaven, adorned with all perfections, living in a... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 9:1

Proverbs 9:1. Wisdom, &c. Wisdom here, under a most splendid allegory, is represented “as a queen, sitting in her royal palace, and inviting mortals to a banquet, plentifully furnished with the richest dainties, that they may be fed with celestial delights for a blessed immortality. Various have been the endeavours of commentators to apply every circumstance in this description; but it has been well observed, that whoever would do so, will find themselves in a great error, and quite... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 9:2

Proverbs 9:2. She hath killed her beasts That is, made provision for her guests: namely, instruction in things the most important, satisfying, improving, and consolatory truths, declarations, and promises; refreshing, cheering, and exhilarating discoveries and communications. If applied to the church of Christ, it signifies the ordinances and means of edification appointed therein, with the gifts, graces, and comforts, and the spiritual and eternal blessings which God hath prepared for his... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 9:3

Proverbs 9:3. 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 great princess, it was fit she should be attended on by maidens. She crieth upon the highest places Upon the tops of the houses, (which were flat,) conformably to what our Lord says, Matthew 10:7, What ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. Or, from such high... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 9:15

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 9:1

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