9Proverbs 9

Wisdom and Stupidity

1Wisdom has built her house and made seven columns for it.Select Proverbs 9:1

2She has had an animal killed for a feast, mixed spices in the wine, and set the table.Select Proverbs 9:2

3She has sent her servant women to call out from the highest place in town:Select Proverbs 9:3

4“Come in, ignorant people!” And to the foolish she says,Select Proverbs 9:4

5“Come, eat my food and drink the wine that I have mixed.Select Proverbs 9:5

6Leave the company of ignorant people, and live. Follow the way of knowledge.”Select Proverbs 9:6

7If you correct conceited people, you will only be insulted. If you reprimand evil people, you will only get hurt.Select Proverbs 9:7

8Never correct conceited people; they will hate you for it. But if you correct the wise, they will respect you.Select Proverbs 9:8

9Anything you say to the wise will make them wiser. Whatever you tell the righteous will add to their knowledge.Select Proverbs 9:9

10To be wise you must first have reverence for the Lord. If you know the Holy One, you have understanding.Select Proverbs 9:10

11Wisdom will add years to your life.Select Proverbs 9:11

12You are the one who will profit if you have wisdom, and if you reject it, you are the one who will suffer.Select Proverbs 9:12

13Stupidity is like a loud, ignorant, shameless woman.Select Proverbs 9:13

14She sits at the door of her house or on a seat in the highest part of town,Select Proverbs 9:14

15and calls out to people passing by, who are minding their own business:Select Proverbs 9:15

16“Come in, ignorant people!” To the foolish she says,Select Proverbs 9:16

17“Stolen water is sweeter. Stolen bread tastes better.”Select Proverbs 9:17

18Her victims do not know that the people die who go to her house, that those who have already entered are now deep in the world of the dead.Select Proverbs 9:18