Proverbs 9:5
“Come, eat of my bread, || And drink of the wine I have mingled.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
In Context
4“Who [is] simple? Let him turn aside here.” Whoever lacks heart: she has said to him,
6Forsake the simple and live, || And be blessed in the way of understanding.”
Cross References
Psalms 22:29And the fat ones of earth have eaten, || And they bow themselves, || All going down to dust bow before Him, || And he [who] has not revived his soul.
Proverbs 9:17“Stolen waters are sweet, || And hidden bread is pleasant.”
Isaiah 55:1“Behold, every thirsty one, || Come to the waters, || And he who has no money, || Come, buy and eat, || Indeed, come, buy wine and milk || Without money and without price.
Matthew 26:26And while they were eating, Jesus having taken the bread, and having blessed, broke, and was giving [it] to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat, this is My body”;
John 6:49your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness 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 →