Proverbs 9
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- 1Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out her seven pillars.
- 2She has slaughtered her animals, mixed her wine, and set her table.
- 3She has sent out her maidens; she calls from the highest places of the city,
- 4"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here." To him who lacks understanding, she says,
- 5"Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine I have mixed.
- 6Leave behind the foolish, and live; follow the path of understanding.
- 7Whoever reproves a scorner gets shame for himself, and whoever rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot.
- 8Do not reprove a scorner, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
- 9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
- 10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
- 11For through me, your days will be multiplied, and the years of your life will increase.
- 12If you are wise, your wisdom is for your own benefit; but if you mock, you alone will bear it.
- 13A foolish woman is loud; she is simple and knows nothing.
- 14For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
- 15to call out to those who pass by, who continue on their way:
- 16"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here." And to him who lacks understanding, she says,
- 17Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is enjoyable.
- 18But he does not know that the dead are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell.