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Text -- Proverbs 9:1-18 (NET)
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The Consequences of Accepting Wisdom or Folly
9:1 Wisdom has built her house ; she has carved out its seven pillars .
9:2 She has prepared her meat , she has mixed her wine ; she also has arranged her table .
9:3 She has sent out her female servants ; she calls out on the highest places of the city .
9:4 “Whoever is naive , let him turn in here ,” she says to those who lack understanding .
9:5 “Come , eat some of my food , and drink some of the wine I have mixed .
9:6 Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live , and proceed in the way of understanding .”
9:7 Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult ; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse .
9:8 Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you.
9:9 Give instruction to a wise person , and he will become wiser still ; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning .
9:10 The beginning of wisdom is to fear the Lord , and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding .
9:11 For because of me your days will be many , and years will be added to your life .
9:12 If you are wise , you are wise to your own advantage, but if you are a mocker , you alone must bear it.
9:13 The woman called Folly is brash , she is naive and does not know anything .
9:14 So she sits at the door of her house , on a seat at the highest point of the city ,
9:15 calling out to those who are passing by her in the way , who go straight on their way .
9:16 “Whoever is simple , let him turn in here ,” she says to those who lack understanding .
9:17 “Stolen waters are sweet , and food obtained in secret is pleasant !”
9:18 But they do not realize that the dead are there , that her guests are in the depths of the grave .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Personification |
Wisdom |
Fool |
Prostitute |
Salvation |
Hell |
Lasciviousness |
Adultery |
Ignorance |
Wise, wisdom |
Hospitality |
Wine |
Temptation |
BEAST |
BLOT |
Reproof |
Food |
Fear of God |
Fellowship |
Infidelity |
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NET Notes -> Pro 9:1; Pro 9:1; Pro 9:2; Pro 9:2; Pro 9:3; Pro 9:4; Pro 9:4; Pro 9:4; Pro 9:5; Pro 9:5; Pro 9:5; Pro 9:6; Pro 9:6; Pro 9:6; Pro 9:7; Pro 9:7; Pro 9:7; Pro 9:7; Pro 9:8; Pro 9:8; Pro 9:9; Pro 9:9; Pro 9:9; Pro 9:9; Pro 9:10; Pro 9:10; Pro 9:10; Pro 9:10; Pro 9:11; Pro 9:11; Pro 9:12; Pro 9:12; Pro 9:12; Pro 9:12; Pro 9:13; Pro 9:13; Pro 9:13; Pro 9:13; Pro 9:13; Pro 9:15; Pro 9:15; Pro 9:15; Pro 9:15; Pro 9:16; Pro 9:17; Pro 9:17; Pro 9:18; Pro 9:18; Pro 9:18; Pro 9:18
NET Notes: Pro 9:1 Wisdom is personified as a wise woman. She has prepared a house and established it on seven pillars. This is a reference to the habitable world (e.g.,...
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NET Notes: Pro 9:2 Wisdom has prepared a sumptuous banquet in this house and sends out her maids to call the simple to come and eat (M. Lichtenstein, “The Banquet ...
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NET Notes: Pro 9:3 The text uses two synonymous terms in construct to express the superlative degree.
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NET Notes: Pro 9:5 The expressions “eat” and “drink” carry the implied comparison forward; they mean that the simple are to appropriate the teach...
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NET Notes: Pro 9:6 The verb means “go straight, go on, advance” or “go straight on in the way of understanding” (BDB 80 s.v. אָש...
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NET Notes: Pro 9:7 The verb “receives” is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity and smoothness.
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NET Notes: Pro 9:8 Heb “lest he hate you.” The particle פֶּן (pen, “lest”) expresses fear or precaution (R. J. Williams, ...
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NET Notes: Pro 9:9 The term “his” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for the sake of smoothness and clarity.
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NET Notes: Pro 9:10 The word is in the plural in the Hebrew (literally “holy ones”; KJV “the holy”). It was translated “holy men” in T...
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NET Notes: Pro 9:11 The verb וְיוֹסִיפוּ (vÿyosifu) is the Hiphil imperfect, third masculine plural...
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NET Notes: Pro 9:12 The LXX has an addition: “Forsake folly, that you may reign forever; and seek discretion and direct understanding in knowledge.”
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NET Notes: Pro 9:13 The text of v. 13 has been difficult for translators. The MT has, “The foolish woman is boisterous, simplicity, and knows not what.” The L...
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NET Notes: Pro 9:15 The participle modifies the participle in the first colon. To describe the passers-by in this context as those “who go straight” means tha...
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NET Notes: Pro 9:16 This expression is almost identical to v. 4, with the exception of the addition of conjunctions in the second colon: “and the lacking of underst...
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NET Notes: Pro 9:17 Heb “bread of secrecies.” It could mean “bread [eaten in] secret places,” a genitive of location; or it could mean “brea...
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