9Proverbs 9

1Wisdom hath built herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven pillars.Select Proverbs 9:1

2She hath slain her victims, mingled her wine, and set forth her table.Select Proverbs 9:2

3She hath sent her maids to invite to the tower, and to the walls of the city:Select Proverbs 9:3

4Whosoever is a little one, let him come to me. And to the unwise she said:Select Proverbs 9:4

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

6Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence.Select Proverbs 9:6

7He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself; and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.Select Proverbs 9:7

8Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.Select Proverbs 9:8

9Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.Select Proverbs 9:9

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

11For by me shall thy days be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.Select Proverbs 9:11

12If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.Select Proverbs 9:12

13A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all,Select Proverbs 9:13

14Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city,Select Proverbs 9:14

15To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey:Select Proverbs 9:15

16He that is a little one, let him turn to me. And to the fool she said:Select Proverbs 9:16

17Stolen waters are sweeter, and hidden bread is more pleasant.Select Proverbs 9:17

18And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell.Select Proverbs 9:18