Proverbs 9:2 (WEB)
She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.
Catechism · 1
Mary, the all-holy ever-virgin Mother of God, is the masterwork of the mission of the Son and the Spirit in the fullness of time. For the first time in the plan of salvation and because his Spirit had prepared her, the Father found the dwelling…
Fathers and councils · 6
Origen
- Origen, De Principiis II.11Book II
“…her wine in her cup, and she cries with a loud voice, Come to me, eat the bread which I have prepared for you, and drink the wine which I have mingled.”” — editor's note: Cf. Prov. ix. 1–5.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“…is simple, let him turn to me; and to those that want understanding she hath said, Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled for you.”” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 1–5.
Read the whole comment“Forsake foolishness, and seek wisdom, and correct knowledge by understanding.”” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 1–6.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“…Whoso is foolish, let him turn in to me; and to them that lack understanding she saith, Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine I have mingled for you.’” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 1–5.
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Tertullian
“…in the person of His own Wisdom, by the lips of Solomon, proclaimed Himself to be more than a murderer: Wisdom (Sophia), says He has slain her own children.” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 2: “She hath killed her beasts.” The corresponding words in the Septuagint are ἔσφαξε τα εαυτῆς θύματα. Augustine, in his De Civ. Dei, xvi. 20,…
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Augustine of Hippo
“And to the void of sense she hath said, Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled for you.”” — editor's note: Prov. ix. 1–5 (ver. 1 is quoted above in ch. 4).
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Cross-references · 9
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.3.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.3.
Cited together in Scorpiace Chapter 7.
Cited together in Scorpiace Chapter 7.
Cited together in Scorpiace Chapter 7.
Cited together in Scorpiace Chapter 7.
Cited together in Scorpiace Chapter 7.
Cited together in Scorpiace Chapter 7.
Cited together in Scorpiace Chapter 7.