Proverbs 9:5
O come on your way, eate my bread, and drinke my wine [whiche] I haue powred out for you.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
In Context
4Who so is without knowledge, let him come hither: And to the vnwise she said,
6Forsake foolishnes, and ye shall lyue: and see that ye go in the way of vnderstandyng.
Cross References
Proverbs 9:17Stolen waters are sweete, & the bread that is priuily eaten, hath a good taste.
Isaiah 55:1Come to the waters all ye that be thirstie, and ye that haue no money, come, bye, that ye may haue to eate: Come, bye wine and mylke without any money or money worth.
Matthew 26:26When they were eatyng, Iesus toke bread, and when he had geuen thankes, he brake [it,] and gaue [it] to the disciples, and saide: Take, eate, this is my body.
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 →