the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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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, 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
And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and have increase, and make the earth full.
Truly, I will make my agreement with you and with your seed after you,
And with every living thing with you, all birds and cattle and every beast of the earth which comes out of the ark with you.
And Noah went on living three hundred and fifty years after the great flow of waters;
all the years of his life were nine hundred and fifty: and he came to his end.
Do not put anyone to death without cause.
He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death.
Do not go about saying untrue things among your people, or take away the life of your neighbour by false witness: I am the Lord.
When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.
So that on you may come all the blood of the upright on the earth, from the blood of upright Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you put to death between the Temple and the altar.
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 יין מסך 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.
