Proverbs 9:5 · KJV
“Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine {which} I have mingled.”
— Proverbs 9:5
Whoso {is} simple, let him turn in hither: {as for} him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Proverbs 9 — Context
She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
4Whoso {is} simple, let him turn in hither: {as for} him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine {which} I have mingled.
6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
7He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked {man getteth} himself a blot.
Cross References
John 6:27
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. {Labour not: or, Work not}
Song of Solomon 5:1
I am come into my garden, my sister, {my} spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. {yea...: or, and be drunken with loves}
Jeremiah 31:12-14
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Proverbs 9:17
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread {eaten} in secret is pleasant. {eaten...: Heb. of secrecies}
Psalms 22:26
The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
Isaiah 55:1-3
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Psalms 22:29
All {they that be} fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
Proverbs 9:2
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. {her beasts: Heb. her killing}