Proverbs 9:5
“Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Leeser Tanakh
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: as for him that is void of sense, she saith to him,
6Forsake simplicity, and live; and go onward on the way of understanding.
Cross References
Psalms 22:29(22:30) All they that eat the fat of the earth shall bow themselves down; before him shall bend the knee all that are going down into the dust; for none can keep alive his own soul.
Proverbs 9:17“Stolen waters are sweet, and bread of secrecy is pleasant.”
Isaiah 55:1Ho, every one of ye that thirsteth, come ye to the water, and he too that hath no money: come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy without money and without price wine and milk.
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 →