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.