Proverbs 9:13–18
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
The book of Proverbs, and particularly this ninth chapter, is a book of stark contrasts. There is no murky middle ground, no demilitarized zone between the warring kingdoms. There are two ways, and only two ways, to live in God's world. There is the way of wisdom, and there is the way of folly. To drive this point home, the Scriptures personify these two ways as two women, each issuing an invitation, each having prepared a house, and each promising a feast. She has built her house on seven pillars, she has prepared her feast, and she sends her maidens to call the simple to come, forsake their foolishness, and live. And we must understand that she is not merely an alternative; she is a parody. She is a cheap imitation, a tawdry knock-off of the real thing.