Proverbs 9:5
Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
In Context
4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. To him that is void of understanding, she saith,
6Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence.
Cross References
Psalms 22:29All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, and he that cannot keep alive his own soul.
Proverbs 9:17Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.
Isaiah 55:1Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters; and he that hath 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 [the] bread and blessed, broke [it] and gave [it] to the disciples, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.
John 6:49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and 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 →