Proverbs 9:5
“Come, eat my food, 1 and drink the wine I have mixed. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
In Context
4“Who is naive? Let him turn aside here!” 1 To the one lacking good sense she speaks. 1
6Leave your naive actions and live; 1 walk in the path of understanding. 1
Cross References
Psalms 22:29All the prosperous people of the earth will feast and will worship; 1 all those who are descending into the dust will bow before him, 1 those who cannot preserve their own lives. 1
Proverbs 9:17“Stolen waters are sweet, 1 and bread of secrecy is delicious.” 1
Isaiah 55:1“Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the water, 2 and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! 2 Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. 1
Matthew 26:26As they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed it, and broke it. He gave 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 →