9Proverbs 9

1Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars:Select Proverbs 9:1

2She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine; she has also furnished her table.Select Proverbs 9:2

3She has sent forth her maidens: she cries on the highest places of the city,Select Proverbs 9:3

4Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: as for him that wants understanding, she says to him,Select Proverbs 9:4

5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.Select Proverbs 9:5

6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.Select Proverbs 9:6

7He that reproves a scorner gets to himself shame: and he that rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot.Select Proverbs 9:7

8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.Select Proverbs 9:8

9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.Select Proverbs 9:9

10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.Select Proverbs 9:10

11For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.Select Proverbs 9:11

12If you be wise, you shall be wise for yourself: but if you scorn, you alone shall bear it. ¶Select Proverbs 9:12

13A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knows nothing.Select Proverbs 9:13

14For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,Select Proverbs 9:14

15To call passengers who go right on their ways:Select Proverbs 9:15

16Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him that wants understanding, she says to him,Select Proverbs 9:16

17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.Select Proverbs 9:17

18But he knows not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.Select Proverbs 9:18