Proverbs 9:5
“Approach. Eat my bread, and drink the wine that I have mixed for you.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
In Context
4“If anyone is little, let him come to me.” And to the unwise, she has said:
6Leave behind childishness. And live and walk by the ways of prudence.”
Cross References
Proverbs 9:17“Stolen waters are more soothing, and secret bread is more pleasant.”
Isaiah 55:1All you who thirst, come to the waters. And you who have no money: hurry, buy and eat. Approach, buy wine and milk, without money and without barter.
Matthew 26:26Now while they were eating the meal, Jesus took bread, and he blessed and broke and gave it to his disciples, and he said: “Take and eat. This is my body.”
John 6:49Your fathers ate manna in the desert, 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 →