Proverbs 9:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. ”

Proverbs 9:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare the marginal reference. With this warning the long introduction closes, and the collection of separate proverbs begins. Wisdom and Folly have each spoken; the issues of each have been paint...
Proverbs 9:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 9. The Invitations of Wisdom and Folly Contrasted. This section closes with a couple of graphic pictures of Wisdom and Folly personified, each bidding for the attention of the passers-by w...
Proverbs 9:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the dead . Rephaim. (No Art.) See App-25. hell . Sheol. App-35. Proverbs marked off by different authorship. All are in two lines, except Proverbs 19:7 , which has three lines. They are miscellan...
Proverbs 9:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. But he knoweth not that the dead are there - See on Proverbs 2:18 (note). He does not know that it w...
Proverbs 9:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. But he knoweth not that the dead (are) there; and that her guests (are) in the depths of hell. "Ther...
Proverbs 9:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Rivals Folly and Wisdom invite guests to their respective houses. The consequences of accepting either of the two invitations are described. We are reminded of the Greek parable, 'The choice o...
Proverbs 9:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The dead are there . — Comp. on Proverbs 2:18 .
Proverbs 9:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 10 TWO VOICES IN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE CITY Proverbs 9:1-18 , Proverbs 20:14 with Proberbs 3, and Proverbs 20:16 with Proverbs 4:1-27 AFTER the lengthened contrast between the vi...
Proverbs 9:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Two Contrasted Invitations Proverbs 9:1-18 There is an age-long competition between Wisdom and Folly, Virtue and Vice. The palace of Wisdom is very attractive-well built and well furnished. It...
Proverbs 9:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The last address is a contrast between wisdom and folly. Each is personified as a woman calling to youth. Wisdom has builded her house, and spread her feast in the high places of the city. She calls...
Proverbs 9:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, To call passengers who go right on their ways: Wh...
Proverbs 9:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there ,.... In the house of this foolish and wicked woman, into which she invites passengers to turn; the simple, that is persuaded by her, does not consider t...
Proverbs 9:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell. Ver. 18. That the dead are there. ] See Trapp on " Pro 2:18 " See Trapp on " Pro 7:27 "
Proverbs 9:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Whoso is simple Which title is not given to them by her; for such a reproach would not have allured them, but driven them away; but by Solomon, who represents the matter of her invitation in his ow...
Proverbs 9:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Invitation of Folly. 13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. 14 For she sitteth...
Proverbs 9:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Knoweth not, i.e. he doth not consider it seriously, whereby he proveth his folly.
Proverbs 9:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Appeal Of Woman Folly To The Naive ( Proverbs 9:13-18 ). There is no suggestion that Woman Folly's house is opulent or well-provisioned. And indeed she herself is described as ‘turbulent' and...
Proverbs 9:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 9:13 . A foolish woman , rather, “the woman of folly,” an exact opposition of the personified wisdom of the former part of the chapter. Clamorous , “violently excited”...
Proverbs 9:18 - Scofield Reference Notes

hell Hebrew, "Sheol," ( See Scofield) - ( Habakkuk 2:5 ).
Proverbs 9:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 9:1 . Wisdom hath builded her house. This chapter opens with a sublime allegory. We see the princess, the mother of angels and men, enthroned in her temple, “the church which is the pilla...
Proverbs 9:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

But he knoweth not that the dead are there. The fatal banquet Here two texts. Preach concerning a couple of preachers; one by usurpation, the other by assignation: the world’s chaplain, and the...
Proverbs 9:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 9:1-20 15. Fifteenth admonitory discourse, containing in a parabolic form an invitation of Wisdom ( Proverbs 9:1-20 ), and that of her rival Folly ( Proverbs 9:13-20 )...
Proverbs 9:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Banquet of Folly
Proverbs 9:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 3:5 ; Proverbs 1:7 ; Proverbs 2:18 ; Proverbs 2:19 ; Proverbs 5:5 ; Proverbs 6:26 ; Proverbs 7:27 ; Psalms 82:5

Proverbs 9:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 9:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 9:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 9:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 9:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 9:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 9:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 9:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 9:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 9:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 9:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 9:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 9:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 9:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 9:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 9:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 9:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 9:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 9:18 - Scofield Reference Notes

Proverbs 9:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 9:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 9:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 9:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 9:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge