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Proverbs 9:5
Proverbs 9:5 is verse 5 of Proverbs chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
“Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.
King James Version
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
World English Bible
“Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!
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Proverbs 9:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
3 She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.
4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
5 “Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.
6 Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
7 He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 9:2She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
Proverbs 9:17“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
Psalms 22:26The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!
Psalms 22:29All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him— even those unable to preserve their lives.
Song of Solomon 5:1I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk.
Isaiah 55:1“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
Isaiah 55:2Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.
Jeremiah 31:12They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD— the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.
Jeremiah 31:13Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.
Jeremiah 31:14I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the LORD.
Matthew 26:26While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.”
Matthew 26:27Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you.
Matthew 26:28This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
John 6:49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.
John 6:50This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.
John 6:51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”
John 6:52At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”
John 6:53So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.
John 6:54Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:55For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.
John 6:56Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.
John 6:57Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.
John 6:58This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”