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THE MESSAGE
Proverbs 9:5
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“Come, eat my bread,and drink the wine I have mixed.
"Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
"Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
"Come, eat of my food And drink of the wine I have mixed.
Come and eat my food and drink the wine I have prepared.
"Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed.
"Come, eat my food And drink the wine I have mixed [and accept my gifts].
"Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!
Come, and eate of my meate, and drinke of the wine that I haue drawen.
"Come, eat of my breadAnd drink of the wine I have mixed.
"Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine I have mixed.
All of you are welcome to my meat and wine.
"Come and eat my food! Drink the wine I have mixed!
Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled.
"Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have prepared.
Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
"Come, eat my food and drink the wine that I have mixed.
"Come, eat with my bread; drink with the wine I have mixed.
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine I have mixed.
O come on youre waye, eate my bred, and drynke my wyne, which I haue poured out for you.
Come, eat ye of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Come, take of my bread, and of my wine which is mixed.
'Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Come, eate of my bread, and drinke of the wine, which I haue mingled.
O come on your way, eate my bread, and drinke my wine [whiche] I haue powred out for you.
Come, eat of my bread, and drink wine which I have mingled for you.
Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Come ye, ete ye my breed; and drynke ye the wiyn, which Y haue medlid to you.
Come, eat of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have mingled.
"Come, eat of my bread And drink of the wine I have mixed.
"Come, eat my food, and drink the wine I have mixed.
"Come and eat my food, and drink the wine I have mixed.
"Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
Come, feed on my food, and drink of the wine I have mingled;
Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you.
"Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
`Come, eat of my bread, And drink of the wine I have mingled.
"Come, eat of my food And drink of the wine I have mixed.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 9:2, Proverbs 9:17, Psalms 22:26, Psalms 22:29, Song of Solomon 5:1, Isaiah 55:1-3, Jeremiah 31:12-14, Matthew 26:26-28, John 6:27, John 6:49-58
Reciprocal: Exodus 16:15 - This is 2 Chronicles 9:4 - the meat Isaiah 55:2 - eat 1 Corinthians 11:24 - eat
Cross-References
God blessed Noah and his sons: He said, "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill the Earth! Every living creature—birds, animals, fish—will fall under your spell and be afraid of you. You're responsible for them. All living creatures are yours for food; just as I gave you the plants, now I give you everything else. Except for meat with its lifeblood still in it—don't eat that.
Noah lived another 350 years following the flood. He lived a total of 950 years. And he died.
No murder.
"If someone hits another and death results, the penalty is death. But if there was no intent to kill—if it was an accident, an ‘act of God'—I'll set aside a place to which the killer can flee for refuge. But if the murder was premeditated, cunningly plotted, then drag the killer away, even if it's from my Altar, to be put to death.
"Don't spread gossip and rumors. "Don't just stand by when your neighbor's life is in danger. I am God .
"You can't squirm out of this: Every drop of righteous blood ever spilled on this earth, beginning with the blood of that good man Abel right down to the blood of Zechariah, Barachiah's son, whom you murdered at his prayers, is on your head. All this, I'm telling you, is coming down on you, on your generation.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Come, eat of my bread,.... Which stands for all the provisions of Christ's house; it designs the Gospel, which to a believer is more than his necessary food; and the ordinance of the supper, one of the symbols of which is bread; and more especially Christ himself, the bread of God, the living bread that came down from heaven, which is to be eaten by faith; and this only, for everything else is that which is not bread; and this daily, as the Israelites ate their manna; this is the believer's daily bread; and largely and freely, to which they are welcome by Christ; and with gladness and singleness of heart, joyfully and with sincerity;
and drink of the wine [which] I have mingled; of the love of Christ; or of the love of the Father, Son, and Spirit, which meet and mingle together: to "drink" of this is to partake of it by faith, and be persuaded of interest in it; this may be drank largely of, for there is enough, a river of it; and without danger, it is not intoxicating as wine, wherein is excess; and it may be had freely, without money and without price, Song of Solomon 1:2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A parallel to the higher teaching of the Gospels (compare John 6:27; Matthew 26:26).
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 9:5. Come, eat of my bread — Not only receive my instructions, but act according to my directions.
Drink of the wine - I have mingled. — Enter into my counsels; be not contented with superficial knowledge on any subject, where any thing deeper may be attained. Go by the streams to the fountain head. Look into the principles on which they were formed; investigate their nature, examine their properties, acquaint thyself with their relations, connections, influences, and various uses. See the skill, power, and goodness of God in their creation. And when thou hast learned all within thy reach, know that thou knowest but little of the manifold wisdom of God. Let what thou hast learned humble thee, by showing thee how very little thou dost know. Thou hast drunk of the provided wine; but that wine was mingled with water, for God will hide pride from man. He dwells only on the surface of religious and philosophical learning, who does not perceive and feel that he is yet but a child in knowledge; that he see through a glass darkly; that he perceives men like trees walking; and that there are lengths, breadths, depths, and heights, in the works and ways of God, which it will require an eternity to fathom. Here below the pure wine is mingled with water: but this is God's work. Yet there is enough; do not therefore be contented with a little. To this subject the words of the poet may be well applied: -
A little learning is a dangerous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
For scanty draughts intoxicate the brain,
But drinking largely sobers us again.
POPE
Among the ancient Jews, Greeks, and Romans, wine was rarely drank without being mingled with water; and among ancient writers we find several ordinances for this. Some direct three parts of water to one of wine; some five parts; and Pliny mentions some wines that required twenty waters: but the most common proportions appear to have been three parts of water to two of wine. But probably the ××× ××¡× yayin masach, mingled wine, was wine mingled, not with water, to make it weaker; but with spices and other ingredients to make it stronger. The ingredients were honey, myrrh, mandragora, opium, and such like, which gave it not only an intoxicating but stupifying quality also. Perhaps the mixed wine here may mean wine of the strongest and best quality, that which was good to cheer and refresh the heart of man.
If we consider the mixed wine as meaning this strong wine, then the import of the metaphor will be, a thorough investigation of the works of God will invigorate the soul, strengthen all the mental powers, enlarge their capacity, and enable the mind to take the most exalted views of the wonders of God's skill manifested in the operations of his hand.
