Proverbs 9:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, ”

Proverbs 9:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wisdom and the “foolish woman” Proverbs 9:13 speak from the same places and to the same class - the simple, undecided, wavering, standing at the diverging point of the two paths that lead to life...
Proverbs 9:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

She hath sent forth her (d) maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, (d) Meaning, true preachers, who are not infected with man's wisdom.
Proverbs 9:3 - 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 9:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sent forth her maidens. An Eastern custom. In N.T. the invitation was carried by menservants ( Matthew 22:3 . Luke 14:17 ; Luke 14:17 ). maidens . or young persons (masculine or feminine) Hebrew...
Proverbs 9:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 772 WISDOM’S FEAST Proverbs 9:1-6 . Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: she hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished...
Proverbs 9:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, She hath sent forth her maidens - The wisdom of God has made use of the most proper means to communicate Divine knowle...
Proverbs 9:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

She hath sent forth her maidens— The maidens of Wisdom, says Calmet, are the apostles and first preachers of the gospel, who invite all people to the study of wisdom, to the faith of Jesus Christ...
Proverbs 9:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city - literally, 'upon the pinnacl...
Proverbs 9:3 - 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 9:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

She hath sent forth her maidens. — Wisdom being here described under the figure of a woman, is properly represented as attended by her maidens, whom she sends forth to summon the guests. But the Ki...
Proverbs 9:3 - 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 9:3 - 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 9:3 - 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 9:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

She hath sent forth her maidens ,.... Not moral virtues, or good works, which subserve the interest of Christ and religion, adorn the Gospel and its professors; nor the liberal arts and sciences, sa...
Proverbs 9:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, Ver. 3. She hath sent forth her maidens. ] So ministers are called - in prosecution of the allegory, for it is fit...
Proverbs 9:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

She hath sent forth her maidens Her servants, to invite the guests, namely, the ministers of the word of God, whom he calls maidens , for the decency of the parable; for Wisdom being compared to a...
Proverbs 9:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Invitation of Wisdom. 1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: 2 She hath killed her...
Proverbs 9:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Her maidens; her servants, to invite the guests; ministers of the word, whom he calls maidens, partly for the decency of the parable; for wisdom being compared to a great princess, was fit to be at...
Proverbs 9:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preparation Of The Great Feast ( Proverbs 9:1-3 a). ‘Wisdom has built her house, She has shaped (hewn out) her seven pillars, She has killed her beasts, She has mingled her wine, She has also...
Proverbs 9:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 9:1 . Wisdom , in the plural, as in chap. Proverbs 1:20 , to express excellence and dignity. Proverbs 9:2 . She hath mingled her wine . Some commentators understand...
Proverbs 9:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 9:1-6 The marriage supper for the king's son. I. The house. The frame is set up from everlasting, well-ordered in all things, and sure. The tried Foundation is the Lord our Righteousness...
Proverbs 9:3 - 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 9:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Wisdom hath builded her house. Wisdom’s invitation The Bible is fully of mystery, not merely in its doctrines, but also in the manner and in the language by which the truths of revelation are b...
Proverbs 9:3 - 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 9:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Banquet of Wisdom
Proverbs 9:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 5:20 ; 2 Corinthians 5:21 ; John 18:20 ; John 7:37 ; Luke 11:49 ; Luke 14:17 ; Luke 14:21-23 ; Matthew 22:3 ; Matthew 22:4 ; Matthew 22:9 ; Proverbs 1:20-23 ; Proverbs 8:1-3...
Proverbs 9:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Maidens — Her servants to invite the guests, ministers of the word whom he calls maidens for the decency of the parable; for wisdom being compared to a great princess, was fit to be attended upon b...

Proverbs 9:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 9:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 9:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 9:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 9:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Proverbs 9:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 9:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 9:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 9:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 9:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 9:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 9:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 9:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 9:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 9:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 9:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 9:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 9:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 9:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 9:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 9:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 9:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 9:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 9:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 9:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 9:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 9:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes