Chapter 9
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
Wisdom
The infinite and eternal Wisdom of God, which has so framed the universe as to exhibit a scene of grandeur and stability, and made ample provision for the innumerable beings by which it is inhabited.
builded
Matthew 16:18 1 Corinthians 3:9-15 Ephesians 2:20-22 1 Timothy 3:15 Hebrews 3:3-6 1 Peter 2:5,6
pillars
1 Kings 7:2,3,6,21 Galatians 2:9 Revelation 3:12
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
killed
Isaiah 25:6 Matthew 22:3,4-14 1 Corinthians 5:7,8
beasts
Heb. killing.
mingled
She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
sent
Matthew 22:3,4,9 Luke 11:49 14:17,21-23 Romans 10:15 2 Corinthians 5:20,21
she crieth
14 1:20-23 8:1-3 John 7:37 18:20
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
16 1:22 6:32 8:5 Psalms 19:7 119:130 Matthew 11:25 Revelation 3:17,18 22:17
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
2,17 Psalms 22:26,29 Song of Solomon 5:1 Isaiah 55:1-3 Jeremiah 31:12-14 Matthew 26:26-28 John 6:27,49-58
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Forsake
4:14,15 13:20 Psalms 26:4-6 45:10 119:115 Acts 2:40 2 Corinthians 6:17 Revelation 18:4
in
4:11 10:17 Matthew 7:13,14 Luke 13:24
He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
15:12 Genesis 19:8,9 1 Kings 18:17 21:20 22:24,27 2 Chronicles 24:20-22 2 Chronicles 25:15,16 36:16
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Reprove
23:9 29:1 Numbers 14:6-10 1 Kings 22:8 Matthew 7:6 15:14 Hebrews 6:4-8
rebuke
13:18 28:23 Leviticus 19:17 2 Samuel 12:7-14 1 Kings 1:23,32 Psalms 141:5 Galatians 2:11-14 2 Peter 3:15,16
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
1:5 25:12 Hosea 6:3 Matthew 13:11,12 2 Peter 3:18 1 John 2:20,21 5:13
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
The fear
1:7 Job 28:28 Psalms 111:10 Ecclesiastes 12:13
the knowledge
2:5 30:3 1 Chronicles 28:9 Matthew 11:27 John 17:3 1 John 5:20
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
16:26 Job 22:2,3,21 35:6,7 Isaiah 28:22 Ezekiel 18:20 2 Peter 3:3,4,16
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
7:11 21:9,19 1 Timothy 6:4 *marg:
For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
she
in
Verse 15
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Stolen
20:17 23:31,32 Genesis 3:6 Romans 7:8 James 1:14,15
eaten in secret
Heb. of secrecies.
7:18-20 30:20 2 Kings 5:24-27 Ephesians 5:12
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.