Proverbs 9:1WEB
Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.
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Proverbs 9:1WEB
Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.
Proverbs 9:2WEB
She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.
Proverbs 9:3WEB
She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city:
Proverbs 9:4WEB
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
Proverbs 9:5WEB
“Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!
Proverbs 9:6WEB
Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”
Proverbs 9:7WEB
One who corrects a mocker invites insult. One who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.
Proverbs 9:8WEB
Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.
Proverbs 9:9WEB
Instruct a wise person, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous person, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs 9:10WEB
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Proverbs 9:11WEB
For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.
Proverbs 9:12WEB
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
Proverbs 9:13WEB
The foolish woman is loud, undisciplined, and knows nothing.
Proverbs 9:14WEB
She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
Proverbs 9:15WEB
to call to those who pass by, who go straight on their ways,
Proverbs 9:16WEB
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here.” As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
Proverbs 9:17WEB
“Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.”
Proverbs 9:18WEB
But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.