The Meaning of Proverbs 9:15 Explained

Proverbs 9:15

KJV: To call passengers who go right on their ways:

YLT: To call to those passing by the way, Who are going straight on their paths.

Darby: to call passers-by who go right on their ways:

ASV: To call to them that pass by, Who go right on their ways:

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Proverbs 9:15?

MEANING: What does Proverbs 9:15 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Proverbs 9:15 mean?

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What is the context of Proverbs 9:15?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

To call passengers who go right on their ways:

What does Proverbs 9:15 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 9:1-18 - Two Contrasted Invitations

There is an age-long competition between Wisdom and Folly, Virtue and Vice. The palace of Wisdom is very attractive-well built and well furnished. It is reared upon seven well-hewn marble pillars, in a quadrangular form, the entrance being left wide-open. An eternal mansion, it is stable and beautiful. Great preparations are made for the feast, which is open to all-in striking contrast to the private supper to which Vice allures the unwary youth. The beautiful owner also sends forth her maidens into the public thoroughfares to give free invitations to all who will accept them. See Matthew 22:1, etc.

Only to the simple or child-hearted, and not to the scorner, is the invitation addressed. Wisdom lets the scorner pass, because a word to him would only recoil on herself, and would add to his wickedness. To scoff at things which are holy and scorn the divine power is to risk the sin that is never forgiven. Such is the man who enters the feast without the wedding garment. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 9

¹ The discipline
⁴ and the doctrine of wisdom
¹³ The custom
¹⁶ and error of folly

What do the individual words in Proverbs 9:15 mean?

to call to those who pass by who go straight on their way

לִקְרֹ֥א לְעֹֽבְרֵי־ דָ֑רֶךְ הַֽ֝מְיַשְּׁרִ֗ים אֹֽרְחוֹתָֽם

לִקְרֹ֥א	to call
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: קָרָא Sense: to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim.
דָ֑רֶךְ	those who pass by
Parse: Noun, common singular Root: דֶּרֶךְ Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
הַֽ֝מְיַשְּׁרִ֗ים	who go straight
Parse: Article, Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine plural Root: יָשַׁר Sense: to be right, be straight, be level, be upright, be just, be lawful, be smooth.
אֹֽרְחוֹתָֽם	on their way
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, third person masculine plural Root: אֹרַח Sense: way, path.

What are the major concepts related to Proverbs 9:15?

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