6 Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.
Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.
In a way of wisdom I have directed thee, I have caused thee to tread in paths of uprightness.
For whoso is finding me, hath found life, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.
I have not sat with vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not. I have hated the assembly of evil doers, And with the wicked I sit not. I wash in innocency my hands, And I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah.
Turn aside from me, ye evil-doers, And I keep the commands of my God.
For by me do thy days multiply, And added to thee are years of life.
`Go ye in through the strait gate, because wide `is' the gate, and broad the way that is leading to the destruction, and many are those going in through it; how strait `is' the gate, and compressed the way that is leading to the life, and few are those finding it!
`Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;
wherefore, come ye forth out of the midst of them, and be separated, saith the Lord, and an unclean thing do not touch, and I -- I will receive you,
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Commentary on Proverbs 9 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 9
Christ and sin are rivals for the soul of man, and here we are told how they both make their court to it, to have the innermost and uppermost place in it. The design of this representation is to set before us life and death, good and evil; and there needs no more than a fair stating of the case to determine us which of those to choose, and surrender our hearts to. They are both brought in making entertainment for the soul, and inviting it to accept of the entertainment; concerning both we are told what the issue will be; and, the matter being thus laid before us, let us consider, take advice, and speak our minds. And we are therefore concerned to put a value upon our own souls, because we see there is such striving for them.
Pro 9:1-12
Wisdom is here introduced as a magnificent and munificent queen, very great and very generous; that Word of God is this Wisdom in which God makes known his goodwill towards men; God the Word is this Wisdom, to whom the Father has committed all judgment. He who, in the chapter before, showed his grandeur and glory as the Creator of the world, here shows his grace and goodness as the Redeemer of it. The word is plural, Wisdoms; for in Christ are hid treasures of wisdom, and in his undertaking appears the manifold wisdom of God in a mystery. Now observe here,
Pro 9:13-18
We have heard what Christ has to say, to engage our affections to God and godliness, and one would think the whole world should go after him; but here we are told how industrious the tempter is to seduce unwary souls into the paths of sin, and with the most he gains his point, and Wisdom's courtship is not effectual. Now observe,