Proverbs 9:1-6
Wisdom prepares a feast and sets her table. She sends out her young women to call from the highest places in the town (v. 3), and she invites… Whom? Her friends? Geniuses? The powerful? The rich and famous? No. Whoever is simple…him who lacks sense… (v. 4) That’s whom she invites. Her feast is available to whomever will come.
This scene reminds me of Jesus’ parable of the wedding feast (Mt. 22:1-14) where the Kingdom of Heaven is compared to a king who gives a feast, but all his invited guests refuse to come, so he sends out his servants, saying, “Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.” (Mt. 22:9)
And what does Wisdom have at her banquet? Bread and wine… (v. 5)
We have an open invitation. RSVP.
Interesting that Wisdom and the adulteress from earlier chapters are both calling for Whoever is simple…him who lacks sense… (v. 4). Just that.