9Proverbs 9

CHAP. IX. / 1 The discipline, 4 and doctrine of wisedome. 13 The custome, 16 and error of folly.

1Wisedome hath builded her house: she hath hewen out her seuen pillars.Select Proverbs 9:1

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

3She hath sent forth her maidens; she cryeth vpon the highest places of the citie.Select Proverbs 9:3

4Who so is simple, let him turne in hither: as for him that wanteth vnderstanding, she sayth to him:Select Proverbs 9:4

5Come, eate of my bread, and drinke of the wine, which I haue mingled.Select Proverbs 9:5

6Forsake the foolish, and liue; and goe in the way of vnderstanding.Select Proverbs 9:6

7He that reproueth a scorner, getteth to himselfe shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himselfe a blot.Select Proverbs 9:7

8Reproue not a scorner, lest hee hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and hee will loue thee.Select Proverbs 9:8

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

10The feare of the Lord is the beginning of wisedome: and the knowledge of the holy is vnderstanding.Select Proverbs 9:10

11For by me thy dayes shall be multiplied: and the yeeres of thy life shalbe increased.Select Proverbs 9:11

12If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thy selfe: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt beare it.Select Proverbs 9:12

13A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, & knoweth nothing.Select Proverbs 9:13

14For she sitteth at the doore of her house on a seate, in the high places of the Citie:Select Proverbs 9:14

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

16Who so is simple, let him turne in hither: and as for him that wanteth vnderstanding, she saith to him;Select Proverbs 9:16

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

18But hee knoweth not that the dead are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell.Select Proverbs 9:18