Pr 9:1 Wisdom has built her house; / She has hewn out her seven pillars;
Pr 9:2 She has slaughtered her beasts; / She has mingled her wine; / She has also set her table;
Pr 9:3 She has sent forth her maidens; / She calls from the highest places of the city:
Pr 9:4 Whoever is simple, let him turn in here; / As for him who lacks sense, she says to him,
Pr 9:5 Come, eat of my bread, / And drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Pr 9:6 Forsake foolishness, and live, / And walk in the way of understanding.
Pr 9:7 He who corrects a scorner gets dishonor for himself, / And he who reproves a wicked man blemishes himself.
Pr 9:8 Do not reprove a scorner, lest he hate you; / Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
Pr 9:9 Impart something to a wise man, and he will become wiser still; / Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Pr 9:10 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom, / And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Pr 9:11 For by me your days will be multiplied, / And the years of your life will be increased.
Pr 9:12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; / And if you are scornful, you alone will bear it.
Pr 9:13 The woman Foolishness is rowdy; / She is simple and knows nothing.
Pr 9:14 And she sits at the door of her house, / On a seat in the heights of the city,
Pr 9:15 To call to those who pass by, / Who go straight on their ways:
Pr 9:16 Whoever is simple, let him turn in here; / And as for him who lacks sense, she says to him,
Pr 9:17 Stolen waters are sweet, / And bread gotten in secret is pleasant.
Pr 9:18 But he does not know that the dead are there, / That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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