Proverbs 9 · Verse 5

Proverbs 9:5

Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

Proverbs 9:5, King James Version

Proverbs 9:5 in other translations

BSB	“Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.
WEB	“Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!
ASV	Come, eat ye of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled.
YLT	‘Come, eat of my bread, And drink of the wine I have mingled.
DARBY	Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled.
BBE	Come, take of my bread, and of my wine which is mixed.
Webster	Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

What does Proverbs 9:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 9:4-6

4-6. (Compare Pr 1:4; 6:32). Wisdom not only supplies right but forbids wrong principles.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 5 Come, eat of my bread - Not only receive my instructions, but act according to my directions. Drink of the wine - I have mingled - Enter into my counsels; be not contented with superficial knowledge on any subject, where any thing deeper may be attained. Go by the streams to the fountain head. Look into the principles on which they were formed; investigate their nature, examine their properties, acquaint thyself with their relations, connections, influences, and various uses. See the skill power, and goodness of God in their creation. And when thou hast learned all within thy reach, know that thou knowest but little of the manifold wisdom of God. Let what thou hast learned humble thee, by showing thee how very little thou dost know. Thou hast drunk of the provided wine; but that wine was mingled with water, for God will hide pride from man. He dwells only on the surface of religious and philosophical learning, who does not perceive and feel that he is yet but a child in knowledge; that he see through a glass darkly; that he perceives men like trees walking; and that there are lengths, breadths, depths, and heights, in the works and ways of God, which it will require an eternity to fathom. Here below the pure wine is mingled with water: but this is God's work. Yet there is enough; do not therefore be contented with a little. To this subject the words of the poet may be well applied: - A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: For scanty draughts intoxicate the brain, But drinking largely sobers us again. Pope Among the ancient Jews, Greek, and Romans, wine was rarely drank without being mingled with water; and among ancient writers we find several ordinances for this. Some direct three parts of water to one of wine; some five parts; and Pliny mentions some wines that required twenty waters: but the most common proportions appear to have been three parts of water to two of wine. But probably the יין מסך yayin masach, mingled wine, was wine mingled, not with water, to make it weaker; but with spices and other ingredients to make it stronger. The ingredients were honey, myrrh, mandragora, opium, and such like, which gave it not only an intoxicating but stupifying quality also. Perhaps the mixed wine here may mean wine of the strongest and best quality, that which was good to cheer and refresh the heart of man. If we consider the mixed wine as meaning this strong wine, then the import of the metaphor will be, a thorough investigation of the works of God will invigorate the soul, strengthen all the mental powers, enlarge their capacity, and enable the mind to take the most exalted views of the wonders of God's skill manifested in the operations of his hand.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 9:1-12

Christ has prepared ordinances to which his people are admitted, and by which nourishment is given here to those that believe in him, as well as mansions in heaven hereafter. The ministers of the gospel go forth to invite the guests. The call is general, and shuts out none that do not shut out themselves. Our Saviour came, not to call the righteous, but sinners; not the wise in their own eyes, who say they see. We…

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Proverbs 9:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לְ֭כוּLe.khucomeH1980

לַחֲמ֣וּla.cha.MueatH3898

בְֽלַחֲמִ֑יve.la.cha.Miin food myH3899

וּ֝שְׁת֗וּu.she.Tuand drinkH8354

בְּיַ֣יִןbe.Ya.yinin [the] wineH3196

מָסָֽכְתִּי\׃ma.Sa.khe.ti[which] I have mixedH4537

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Cross references for Proverbs 9:5

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.
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.
Proverbs 9:17
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
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. Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord.
Matthew 26:26-28
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
John 6:49-58
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? …
Psalms 22:26
The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
Proverbs 9:2
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
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.
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. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2,17; Ps 22:26,29; So 5:1; Isa 55:1-3; Jer 31:12-14; Mt 26:26-28
Joh 6:27,49-58

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Proverbs 9:4
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Proverbs 9:5
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Proverbs 9:6
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

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Proverbs 9:5 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Venid, comed mi pan, y bebed del vino que yo he templado.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Venez, mangez de mon pain, et buvez du vin que j’ai mixtionné.
German Elberfelder 1871	"Kommet, esset von meinem Brote, und trinket von dem Weine, den ich gemischt habe!
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Venite, comedite panem meum, et bibite vinum quod miscui vobis.