Proverbs 9:5
“Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
In Context
4“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
6Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
Cross References
Psalms 22:29All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him— even those unable to preserve their lives.
Proverbs 9:17“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
Isaiah 55:1“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
Matthew 26:26While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.”
John 6:49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet 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 →