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Scott's Reference Library
Proverbs 9:1 through Proverbs 9:6 (NIV)
1 Wisdom has built her house;
she has hewn out its seven pillars.
2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine;
she has also set her table.
3 She has sent out her maids, and she calls
from the highest point of the city.
4 “Let all who are simple come in here!”
she says to those who lack judgment.
5 “Come, eat my food
and drink the wine I have mixed.
6 Leave your simple ways and you will live;
walk in the way of understanding.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
VERSES 1-12
Christ has prepared ordinances to which his people are admitted, and by which
nourishment is given here to those that believe in him, as well as mansions in
heaven hereafter. The ministers of the gospel go forth to invite the guests. The
call is general, and shuts out none that do not shut out themselves. Our Saviour
came, not to call the righteous, but sinners; not the wise in their own eyes,
who say they see. We must keep from the company and foolish pleasures of the
ungodly, or we never can enjoy the pleasures of a holy life. It is vain to seek
the company of wicked men in the hope of doing them good; we are far more likely
to be corrupted by them. It is not enough to forsake the foolish, we must join
those that walk in wisdom. There is no true wisdom but in the way of religion,
no true life but in the end of that way. Here is the happiness of those that
embrace it. A man cannot be profitable to God; it is for our own good. Observe
the shame and ruin of those who slight it. God is not the Author of sin: and
Satan can only tempt, he cannot force. Thou shalt bear the loss of that which
thou scornest: it will add to thy condemnation.