the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Proverbs 9:4
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“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 in here!" To him who lacks sense she says,
"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!" To him who lacks understanding she says,
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 naive or inexperienced, let him turn in here!" As for him who lacks understanding, she says,
"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
Who so is simple, let him come hither, and to him that is destitute of wisedome, she sayth,
"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!"To him who lacks a heart of wisdom she says,
"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" To him who lacks judgment she says:
"Everyone who is ignorant or foolish is invited!
"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,
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,
"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 so is ignoraut, let him come hither. And to the vn wise she sayde:
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:
'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:
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,
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
If ony man is litil; come he to me. And wisdom spak to vnwise men,
Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: As for him that is void of understanding, she says to him,
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 lacks understanding, she says to him,
"Come in with me," she urges the simple. To those who lack good judgment, she says,
"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,
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 [is] simple? let him turn aside hither.' Whoso lacketh heart: she hath said to him,
"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!" To him who lacks understanding 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 soul that is with you, of birds, of tame-beasts and of all wild-beasts of the earth that are with you, - of all coming forth out of the ark, even to all wild-beasts of the earth;
and it shall be when I draw a veil of cloud over the earth, - and the bow in the cloud appeareth,
An age-abiding statute to your generations, in all your dwellings, - none of the fat nor of the blood, shall ye eat.
And no manner of blood, shall ye eat, in any of your dwellings, - whether of bird or of beast:
Ye shall eat nothing with the blood thereof, - Ye shall not practise divination neither shall ye use magic.
Howbeit, the blood, shall ye not eat, - upon the earth, shalt thou pour it out, like water.
Howbeit firmly refrain from eating the blood; for the blood, is the life, - therefore must thou not eat the life with the flesh.
Ye shall not eat any thing that dieth of itself: to the sojourner who is within thy gates, mayest thou give it and he may eat it or thou mayest sell it to a foreigner, for a holy people, art thou unto Yahweh thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid, in the milk of its dam.
Only the blood thereof, shalt thou not eat, - on the earth, shalt thou pour it out like water.
but to write unto them, to abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is 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.
