Passage Research
Proverbs 9 — Sermon Preparation
Wisdom builds her house and sets a table inviting all to come, while Folly mimics the call but leads to death — a vivid contrast capping the book's prologue. Below is a research summary for Proverbs 9, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 4
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
Proverbs 9 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| פְּתִי | pᵉthîy | H6612 | 3 | silly |
| חָכַם | châkam | H2449 | 3 | be wise |
| לוּץ | lûwts | H3887 | 3 | make mouths at, scoff |
| יָכַח | yâkach | H3198 | 3 | be right, argue |
| מָסַךְ | mâçak | H4537 | 2 | mix |
| קֶרֶת | qereth | H7176 | 2 | city |
| בִּינָה | bîynâh | H998 | 2 | understanding |
How preachers through history handled this text
4 public-domain excerpts on Proverbs 9, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“How diligent the tempter is, to seduce unwary souls into sin! Carnal, sensual pleasure, stupifies conscience, and puts out the sparks of conviction. This tempter has no solid reason to offer; and where she gets dominion in a soul, all knowledge of holy things is lost and forgotten. She is very violent and pressing. We need to seek and pray for true wisdom, for Satan has many ways to withdraw our souls from Christ. Not only worldly lusts and abandoned seducers prove fatal to the souls of men; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Proverbs 9:13–30 (Public Domain)
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