She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.
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She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.
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She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
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She hath prepared her meat, she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
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Passages linked to Proverbs 9:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 25:6 In this mountain, Yahweh of Armies will make all peoples a feast of choice meat, a feast of choice wines, of choice meat full of marrow, of well refined choice wines.
- Matthew 22:3-14 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding feast!” ’ But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise, and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them. When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren’t worthy. Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the wedding feast.’ Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests. But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn’t have on wedding clothing, and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?’ He was speechless. Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness. That is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.’ For many are called, but few chosen.”
- Luke 14:16-17 But he said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people. He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’
- Proverbs 9:5 “Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!
- Proverbs 23:30 Those who stay long at the wine; those who go to seek out mixed wine.
- Genesis 43:16 When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Bring the men into the house, and butcher an animal, and prepare; for the men will dine with me at noon.”
- Song of Solomon 8:2 I would lead you, bringing you into the house of my mother, who would instruct me. I would have you drink spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate.
- 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 Purge out the old yeast, that you may be a new lump, even as you are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed in our place. Therefore let’s keep the feast, not with old yeast, neither with the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He compareth wisdom with great princes that keep open…
He compareth wisdom with great princes that keep open house for all that come.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Pro 9:2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath…
Pro 9:2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
Ver. 2. She hath killed her beasts.] Christ provideth for his the best of the best, "fat things full of marrow, wines on the lees," {Isa 25:6} his own "flesh, which is meat indeed, his own blood, which is drink indeed," {Joh 6:55} besides that continual feast of a good conscience, whereat the holy angels, saith Luther, are as cooks and butlers, and the blessed Trinity joyful guests.
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She hath mingled her wine.] That it may not inflame or distemper. Christ spake "as the people were able to hear," lisping to them in their own low language. So must all his ministers, accommodating themselves to the meanest capacities. Mercer’s note here is, Cam sobrietate tractandae Scriptnrae, The Scriptures are to be handled with sobriety.
She hath also furnished her table.] So that it even sweats with variety of precious provisions wherewith her guests are daily and daintily fed. Mr Latimer says, that the assurance of salvation is the desert of this stately feast. But what a dolt was Cardinal Bobba, who, speaking in commendation of the library of Bonony - which being in an upper room, hath under it a victualling house, and under that a wine cellar - had thought he had hit it in applying thereunto this text, Wisdom hath built her a house, hath mingled her wine, and furnished her table! {a}
{a} Angel. Roccha in Vatican, p. 395.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Hath killed her beasts, i.e. made provision for the…
Hath killed her beasts, i.e. made provision for the guests; which is meant of the ordinances, gifts, graces, comforts, and eternal felicities which God doth offer and give to men in and by the church.
Hath mingled her wine; either,
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1. With spices, to make it strong and delightful, this mixed wine being mentioned as the best, Pro 23:29,30. Or,
2. With water, as they used to do in those hot countries, partly for refreshment, and partly for wholesomeness; whereby also may be intimated that wisdom teacheth us temperance in the use of our comforts. Hath also furnished her table with all necessaries, and now waits for the guests.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain She hath killed her beasts,.... Or, "her sacrifice" (d):…
She hath killed her beasts,.... Or, "her sacrifice" (d): a crucified Christ, the principal of the provisions in Wisdom's house, or the church of Christ. The death of Christ was prefigured by the slaying of beasts for sacrifice under the old law; was foretold in prophecy, and is expressed by "killing" him in the New Testament; and which shows his death not to be natural, but violent. It is commonly ascribed to the Jews as a wicked action of theirs; but was not without the counsel and determination of God, and the will and consent of Christ; and this death was as a victim to justice, by way of sacrifice and satisfaction for sin, and was vicarious; was offered up in the room and stead of his people, to make atonement for their sins; and which is no other than himself, his soul and body, as in union with his divine person; a sacrifice voluntarily offered up by himself, exceeding acceptable, and well pleasing to God; effectual to the purposes for which it was offered, and so never to be repeated: and his death, being a sacrifice, becomes a feast; a crucified Christ is suitable food for faith, as he is the Lamb in the midst of the throne, as though he had been slain; he is evidently set forth in the Gospel as crucified, and as such is spiritual and savoury food to his people, nourishing and strengthening, quickening and comforting, and extremely satisfying: thus the Gospel feast, in which the slain Lamb of God makes the chiefest part, is expressed in the same language as here, "my oxen and my fatlings are killed", Mat 22:4;
she hath mingled her wine; which also makes a considerable part in a banquet or feast, Est 5:6; and the church is called a banqueting house, or a house of wine, Sol 2:4. The love of Christ is compared to wine, Sol 1:2; to old wine for the antiquity of it, being more ancient than ours to him, or than ourselves, even as old as eternity; to wine, on the lees well refined, for the purity of it, being free from all motives and conditions in the creature; to strong generous wine, which exhilarates and refreshes the weak, the weary, and distressed. The Gospel of Christ is also compared to wine, Sol 7:9; to old wine, for the ancient doctrines of it; and to neat wine, for the purity of it; and to generous wine, for the pleasure, joy, and comfort it gives: the blessings of grace which it exhibits may be so called from their comforting and refreshing nature, which are had freely, Isa 55:1; and so are the joys of heaven, Mat 26:29. Now the "mingling" of this wine is in allusion to the mixture of wine, either with something richer, as spice, Sol 8:2; or rather with water, as Jarchi observes, which was usual in those hot countries, to make it fit and suitable drink for the bodies of men: the mixture was no doubt according to the strength of the wine; the wine of Sharon, being strong wine, was mixed two parts water and one wine (e); which, with the ancients (f), before three parts water and two wine; though, according to Plutarch (g), they had three ways of mixing, which they called by three different names; the one was three parts water and two wine, the other three parts water and one wine, the third was one wine and two water; the first of them was reckoned the best mixture (h): one Cerassus is said to be the inventor of mixing wine with water (i); others ascribe it to Melampus (k), and others to Amphictyon. And this, spiritually understood, does not design any impurity or degeneracy, such as is complained of, Isa 1:22; for the love of Christ is pure and sovereign; the Gospel of Christ is free of all mixtures of human doctrines; the blessings of grace are all of free grace, without the mixture of men's works, and so is eternal life; salvation is all of free grace, and not by works of righteousness done by men mixed with it. But this may design the various displays of the love of Christ in the several acts of it, before time, in time, and now in heaven; or the joint display of the love of Father, Son, and Spirit, in the salvation of men, and the harmony and agreement of the divine perfections therein; and the publication of the Gospel, and the accommodation of the truths of it to the capacities of men: and perhaps some respect may be had to the blood and water that issued from the side of the slain Lamb of God, here prophetically and figuratively held forth;
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she hath also furnished her table; which seems to design the ministration of the word, and the administration of ordinances in Gospel times; especially the ordinance of the supper, called the table of the Lord, Co1 10:21; a well-furnished table has a variety of excellent provision upon it: and such is the ministry of the Gospel, which is signified by various sorts of food, as bread, meat, milk, honey, and delicious fruits; and Christ, who is the sum and substance of it, is expressed by several things that are eatable, as by a slain lamb, a fatted calf, the hidden manna, the bread of God and of life, whose flesh is meat indeed, and his blood drink indeed; and so is he held forth in the ordinances, particularly in the ordinance of the supper; the tame he sits at, and welcomes his guests; encourages them to eat and drink, and sups with them himself. Here his broken body, and his blood shed, are presented to the faith of his people, to be eaten and drank in a spiritual manner; a table richly furnished indeed!
(d) "victimam suam", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Baynus, Mercerus, so Ben Melech. (e) T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 77. 1. & Nidda, fol. 19. 1. (f) Suidas in voce (g) Apud Philander. in Vitruv. de Architect. l. 16. c. 5. p. 281. (h) Aristoph. Equi, Act. 3. Sc. 1. p. 355. & Scholia in ib. (i) Hygin Fab. 274. (k) Athenaei Deipnosophist. l. 2. c. 6. p. 45. & l. 4. c. 27. p. 179.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Killed - Made provision for the guests. Mingled -…
Killed - Made provision for the guests. Mingled - With water, as they used to do in those hot countries. Furnished - With all necessaries, and now waits for the guests.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 2. She hath killed her beasts] God has…
Verse 2. She hath killed her beasts] God has made the most ample provision for the innumerable tribes of animal and intellectual beings, which people the whole vortex of created nature.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Pro 9:2. She hath killed her beasts — That…
Pro 9:2. She hath killed her beasts — That is, made provision for her guests: namely, instruction in things the most important, satisfying, improving, and consolatory truths, declarations, and promises; refreshing, cheering, and exhilarating discoveries and communications. If applied to the church of Christ, it signifies the ordinances and means of edification appointed therein, with the gifts, graces, and comforts, and the spiritual and eternal blessings which God hath prepared for his true people, and which he offers to all mankind, to be accepted in the way of repentance, faith, and new obedience. Reader, they are free for thee. She hath mingled her wine — With spices, to make it cheering, invigorating, and delightful, this mixed wine being represented as the best, Pro 23:29-30; or, with water, as they used to do in those hot countries, both for refreshment and wholesomeness: whereby may be intimated to us, that wisdom teaches us temperance in the use of our comforts. She hath also furnished her table — With all necessaries, and now waits for guests.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Mingled her wine - i. e., with myrrh and…
Mingled her wine - i. e., with myrrh and other spices, to give flavor and strength.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Victims. Moses ordered the blood to be poured out…
Victims. Moses ordered the blood to be poured out at the door of the tabernacle, and a part given to the priests, after which the rest might be taken away. The like was probably done at Jerusalem, Leviticus xvii. 4. These victims are contrasted with those of pleasure, chap. vii. 14. --- Mingled. It was not customary for any but barbarians and the gods to take pure wine. Some mixed two, others three, five, or even twenty parts of water. But the scholiast of Aristophanes says, the best method was to have three parts water, and two of wine. Mercury complains that his wine was half water. (Arist. Plut. v. Sun. i.) --- The Fathers often apply this text to the feast of Jesus Christ in the blessed Eucharist. (Calmet) --- St. Cyprian (ep. iii.) citeth the whole passage of Christ’s sacrifice in the forms of bread and wine. (Worthington)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain mingled--to enhance the flavor (Pro 23:30; Isa 5:22).
mingled--to enhance the flavor (Pro 23:30; Isa 5:22).
furnished--literally, "set out," "arranged."
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 2. Killed her beasts — Slaughtered her slaughterings, that…
2. Killed her beasts — Slaughtered her slaughterings, that is, animals to be slaughtered. “Killed her victailes.” — Geneva Bible. The terms used indicate slaughtering for food rather than for sacrifice.
Mingled her wine — Wine was an essential part of every entertainment. Sometimes it was mixed with water, sometimes with milk, and was sometimes flavoured with spices, (spiced wine, mixed wine,) or other ingredients. The object of the first kind of mingling or mixing was to reduce its strength; of the second, to make it more palatable, or to increase its strength and exhilarating power. The light wines of that vine-bearing country were, we suppose, generally used diluted, (about as we use tea and coffee,) as the usual beverage for their meals, especially at their feasts. (Comp. Pro_23:30; Isa_5:22.) But Fausset says: “Not mixed with water, which is the emblem of degeneracy.” Isa_1:22. The sentiment expressed by the woman is, that she has thoroughly prepared a rich feast.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 2. mingled] i.e. with spices. Comp. Pro_23:30; Isa_5:22.
2. mingled] i.e. with spices. Comp. Pro_23:30; Isa_5:22.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (2) She hath killed her beasts.—Comp. Mat_22:4.
(2) She hath killed her beasts.—Comp. Mat_22:4.
She hath mingled her wine—i.e., probably, flavoured it with spices, to improve the flavour. (Comp. Pro_23:30.) But the wine used at the Passover (Mat_26:29, &c.) was mingled with water to decrease its strength.
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She hath also furnished her table.—“Christ hath furnished His own Table, exhibiting His precious and spotless Body and Blood, which are daily celebrated at that mystic and divine board, being sacrificed in commemoration of that ever-to-be-remembered original table of that mystic and divine supper.”—S. Hippolytus (ed. Lagarde, p. 199), quoted by Wordsworth.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain She hath killed her beasts. So in the parable…
She hath killed her beasts. So in the parable of the marriage of the king"s son, (Mt 22, which is parallel to the present) the king sends his servants to notify the guests that the oxen and fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Wisdom has stores of nourishment for understanding and affection; and Christ has offered himself as a Victim in our behalf, and now makes bounteous offers of grace, and especially has ordained the sacrament of the Lord"s Supper for the strengthening and refreshing of the soul. She hath mingled her wine; Septuagint, "She hath mixed (ekerasen ) her wine in a bowl." The wine which, untempered, was too luscious or too fiery to drink, was made palatable by a certain admixture of water, it was always so mixed at the Passover; and the ancient Christian Liturgies direct the mixture in the celebration of the Holy Eucharist, doubtless from traditional use. Some, however, think that allusion is here made to the custom of adding drugs to wine in order to increase its potency. Among the Greeks, akratov oinov meant "wine without water," and in Rev_14:10 we have akraton kekerasmenon , "undiluted wine mixed." And probably in the text the notion is that the fluid for the guests" delectation is properly prepared, that there may be no trouble when they arrive. (see on Pro_23:30) She hath also furnished her table, by arranging the dishes, etc., thereon. (Psa_23:5, "Thou preparest a table before me," where the same verb, arak, is used; comp. Isa_21:5) Moralizing on this passage, St. Gregory says, "The Lord "killed the sacrifices" by offering himself on our behalf. He "mingled the wine," blending together the cup of his precepts from the historical narration and the spiritual signification. And he "set forth his table," i.e. Holy Writ, which with the bread of the Word refreshes us when we are wearied and come to him away from the burdens of the world, and by its effect of refreshing strengthens us against our adversaries" ("Moral," 17:43, Oxford transl.).
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 9:2 In the ancient Near East, a great banquet…
9:2 In the ancient Near East, a great banquet would accompany a marriage, a military victory, or the making of a treaty. Wisdom’s celebration marks the beginning of a committed relationship with the hearer.
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