“Come, eat some of my bread,
Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Proverbs 9:5 in context
Proverbs 9:2–8
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She has prepared her meat.
She has mixed her wine.
She has also set her table.
3
She has sent out her maidens.
She cries from the highest places of the city:
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“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here! ”
As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
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Selected verse
“Come, eat some of my bread,
Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!
6
Leave your simple ways, and live.
Walk in the way of understanding.”
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One who corrects a mocker invites insult.
One who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.
8
Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you.
Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.
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