Pentecost Season · Proper 15 · Year B
Proverbs 9:1-6
Wisdom's Feast
August 15, 2027
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
Working Preacher: Commentary on Proverbs 9:1-6 Working Preacher
Lutheran lectionary commentary on Wisdom's banquet for the semicontinuous track.
Enduring Word: Proverbs 9 Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.
Precept Austin: Proverbs Commentaries Precept Austin
Collected verse-by-verse resources and commentators for Proverbs.
BibleHub: Commentaries on Proverbs 9:1 BibleHub
Parallel classic commentaries keyed to Wisdom building her house.
Background & Word Study
Enter the Bible: Proverbs Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary's scholarly introduction to the book of Proverbs.
BibleProject: Proverbs Overview BibleProject
Animated overview of the design and themes of Proverbs.
Sefaria: Proverbs 9 (Hebrew) Sefaria
Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary on the chapter.
BibleHub: Proverbs 9 Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.
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