Time after Pentecost · Proper 15 · Year B

Proverbs 9:1-10

Wisdom's Feast

August 15, 2027

A Russian icon of a type peculiar to Novgorod: Wisdom as a winged, fiery-faced figure on a throne, with Christ above and Mary and the Baptist either side.Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn her seven pillars. She has set her table. She calls from the highest places in the town, You that are simple, turn in here! Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.Unknown Russian icon painterUnnamed, as Russian icon painters generally were; the work belongs to a workshop tradition rather than an individual.Vologda State Museum-Reserve, VologdaA northern Russian museum in a bishop's walled residence, with a large collection of icons.Vologda State Museum-Reserve, Vologda

LSB Three-Year Lectionary

GospelJohn 6:51-69Jn 6:51-69

EpistleEph. 5:6-21Eph 5:6-21

Old TestamentProv. 9:1-10Prv 9:1-10 Alt. OTJosh. 24:1-2a, 14-18Jos 24:1-2a, 14-18

PsalterPs. 34:12-22Ps 34:12-22

Overview & Insights

"Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed." (Proverbs 9:5)

Personified Wisdom builds her house, prepares a banquet, and sends out her servants to invite the simple to leave their foolishness and walk in the way of insight.

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Commentary

Proverbs 9 - The Ways of Wisdom and FollyPrv 9 - The Ways of Wis and Folly Enduring Word · David Guzik

A verse-by-verse study of Wisdom's banquet set against the invitation of Folly.

Commentary on Proverbs 9:1-6Commentary on Prv 9:1-6 Working Preacher

The Lutheran home voice on Wisdom's feast by a named seminary scholar, covering the opening of the reading.

Proverbs Commentaries and SermonsPrv Commentaries and Sermons Precept Austin

A gateway to inductive word studies and cross references on the wisdom chapters.

Proverbs 9:1 CommentariesPrv 9:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentaries gathered verse by verse on Wisdom building her house.

Proverbs 9:1 Verse-by-Verse CommentaryPrv 9:1 Verse-by-Verse Commentary StudyLight

A large library of expositors stacked verse by verse for a fifth voice on the passage.

Background & Word Study

Proverbs 9 (Hebrew and English)Prv 9 (Hebrew and English) Sefaria

The Hebrew of Wisdom's invitation alongside English with linked Jewish commentary for the OT reading.

Proverbs 9:1 InterlinearPrv 9:1 Interlinear BibleHub

The Hebrew of the passage word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers.

The Church Fathers

Proverbs 9 (Catena)Prv 9 (Catena) Catena

Early church readings of Wisdom's house and table, long heard as a figure of Christ and his supper.

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