Proverbs 9:5
Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
In Context
4He who is simple, let him turn in here. As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
6Forsake ye simpleness, and live, and walk in the way of understanding.
Cross References
Psalms 22:29All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who cannot keep his soul alive.
Proverbs 9:17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread in secret is pleasant.
Isaiah 55:1Ho, everyone who thirsts, come ye to the waters. And he who has no money, come ye, buy, and eat. Yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Matthew 26:26And as they were eating, Jesus, having taken bread, having expressed thanks, broke in pieces, and he gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat, this is my body.
John 6:49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 9:2-13
The Invitation of Wisdom. 1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: 2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. 3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, 4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. 7 He that… Read the whole commentary →