【Proverbs】Chapter 9 << Last Chapter Next Chapter >>

9:1 Wisdom has built her house, she has set up her seven columns;

9:2 She has dressed her meat, mixed her wine, yes, she has spread her table.

9:3 She has sent out her maidens; she calls from the heights out over the city:

9:4 "Let whoever is simple turn in here; to him who lacks understanding, I say,

9:5 Come, eat of my food, and drink of the wine I have mixed!

9:6 Forsake foolishness that you may live; advance in the way of understanding.

9:7 He who corrects an arrogant man earns insult; and he who reproves a wicked man incurs opprobrium.

9:8 Reprove not an arrogant man, lest he hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

9:9 Instruct a wise man, and he becomes still wiser; teach a just man, and he advances in learning.

9:10 The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the LORD, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

9:11 For by me your days will be multiplied and the years of your life increased."

9:12 If you are wise, it is to your own advantage; and if you are arrogant, you alone shall bear it.

9:13 The woman Folly is fickle, she is inane, and knows nothing.

9:14 She sits at the door of her house upon a seat on the city heights,

9:15 Calling to passers-by as they go on their straight way:

9:16 "Let whoever is simple turn in here, or who lacks understanding; for to him I say,

9:17 Stolen water is sweet, and bread gotten secretly is pleasing!"

9:18 Little he knows that the shades are there, that in the depths of the nether world are her guests!

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