the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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Proverbs 9:4
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"Come in with me," she urges the simple. To those who lack good judgment, she says,
Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: As for him that is void of understanding, she says to him,
She says to those who are uneducated, "Come in here, you foolish people!
"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here," she says to those who lack understanding.
Whoever [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
"Whoever is naive or inexperienced, let him turn in here!" As for him who lacks understanding, she says,
"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" To him who lacks sense she says,
If ony man is litil; come he to me. And wisdom spak to vnwise men,
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" To him who lacks judgment she says:
"Everyone who is ignorant or foolish is invited!
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
Whoever is simple, let him come in here; and to him who has no sense, she says:
"Whoever is unsure of himself, turn in here!" To someone weak-willed she says,
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. To him that is void of understanding, she saith,
"Whoever needs instruction, come." She invites all the simple people and says,
'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither'; as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him:
Who so is simple, let him turne in hither: as for him that wanteth vnderstanding, she sayth to him:
"Whoever is easy to fool, let him turn in here!" She says to the one without understanding,
"You that are simple, turn in here!" To those without sense she says,
Who so is simple, let him come hither, and to him that is destitute of wisedome, she sayth,
Whosoever is simple, let him come to me; as for him who lacks understanding, she said to him,
"Come in, ignorant people!" And to the foolish she says,
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither, as for him that lacketh sense, she saith to him -
Whosoever is a little one, let him come to me. And to the unwise she said:
"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" To him who is without sense she says,
Who so is without knowledge, let him come hither: And to the vnwise she said,
Whoso is foolish, let him turn aside to me: and to them that want understanding she says,
“Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!”To the one who lacks sense, she says,
"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
"Whoever is simple, let him turn here." As for the one who lacks sense, she says to him,
The simple one, turn in here; and to one lacking heart, she says to him,
`Who [is] simple? let him turn aside hither.' Whoso lacketh heart: she hath said to him,
Who so is ignoraut, let him come hither. And to the vn wise she sayde:
"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!" To him who lacks understanding she says,
"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!" To him who lacks understanding she says,
"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!"To him who lacks a heart of wisdom she says,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 9:16, Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 6:32, Proverbs 8:5, Psalms 19:7, Psalms 119:130, Matthew 11:25, Revelation 3:17, Revelation 3:18, Revelation 22:17
Reciprocal: Job 36:10 - commandeth Psalms 14:2 - any Psalms 25:8 - teach Proverbs 1:4 - subtlety Proverbs 7:7 - void Proverbs 17:16 - a price Matthew 22:9 - General John 6:54 - eateth James 1:5 - any
Cross-References
and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, every beast of the earth.
It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud;
"This shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall eat neither fat nor blood."'
Moreover you shall not eat any blood in any of your dwellings, whether of bird or beast.
"You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor shall you practice divination or soothsaying.
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it on the earth like water.
Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life; you may not eat the life with the meat.
"You shall not eat anything that dies of itself; you may give it to the alien who is within your gates, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner; for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. "You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it on the ground like water.
but that we write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, [fn] from things strangled, and from blood.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither,.... Into Wisdom's house, so well built and furnished; the church of Christ, as a house of instruction; a school, where such who are "simple", weak, and foolish, may learn. Here are many instructors; saints instruct one another; ministers of the word are teachers; yea, Father, Son, and Spirit, here teach and instruct, and none teach like them. Here many lessons are to be learned concerning themselves, concerning Christ, and concerning their duty to God and men; all sorts of persons may learn here, such who know ever so much or ever so little. Or let him turn in here, as into an inn, into which passengers or travellers turn for accommodations; see Proverbs 9:15. The saints are travellers here, at a distance from their Father's house, and need refreshment by the way; the church of God is an inn of good accommodations; here is room enough to entertain them; here are good lodgings for rest and safety, and good provisions, and all of free cost. And now these are the words of Wisdom, or Christ, either in person, or by his maidens, his ministers, inviting such who are "simple" to turn in hither, and partake of the provisions in it; that is, not such who are quite stupid and insensible, sottish, incorrigible, and irreclaimable; but who are sensible of their folly and simplicity; who are but of weak capacities, apt to be credulous, and so easily imposed upon and deceived;
[as for] him that wanteth understanding; not the natural faculty of the understanding, nor an understanding of things natural and civil; but of things spiritual and evangelical, as of the grace of God; of salvation by Christ; of the work of the Spirit; of themselves and their state; of the Gospel, and the mysteries of it; and who are sensible of their ignorance and want of understanding; which is the first thing the Spirit of God convinces men of; or who are so in comparison of others, are weak in knowledge and experience. Now these Christ does not despise, but invites them into his house for instruction; and where can they be better? and who so fit and proper to be here, and be with Wisdom, than such as these?
she saith to him: as follows.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 9:4. Whoso is simple — Let the young, heedless, and giddy attend to my teaching.
Him that wanteth understanding — Literally, he that wanteth a heart; who is without courage, is feeble and fickle, and easily drawn aside from the holy commandment.
