Proverbs 9

¹ Wisdom has built her house;
she has hewn her seven pillars.

²She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine;
she has also set her table.

³She has sent out her young women to call
from the highest places in the town,

⁴ “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
To him who lacks sense she says,

⁵“Come, eat of my bread
and drink of the wine I have mixed.

⁶Leave your simple ways, and live,
and walk in the way of insight.”

⁷Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,
and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.

⁸ Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

⁹Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser;
teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

¹⁰ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.

¹¹For by me your days will be multiplied,
and years will be added to your life.

¹² If you are wise, you are wise for yourself;
if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

¹³ The woman Folly is loud;
she is seductive and knows nothing.

¹⁴She sits at the door of her house;
she takes a seat on the highest places of the town,

¹⁵calling to those who pass by,
who are going straight on their way,

¹⁶ “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
And to him who lacks sense she says,

¹⁷ “Stolen water is sweet,
and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

¹⁸But he does not know that the dead are there,
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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