Proverbs - Chapter 9 | New International Version

  • 1. Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out its seven pillars.
  • 2. She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
  • 3. She has sent out her maids, and she calls from the highest point of the city.
  • 4. Let all who are simple come in here! she says to those who lack judgment.
  • 5. Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.
  • 6. Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.
  • 7. Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.
  • 8. Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you.
  • 9. Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.
  • 10. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
  • 11. For through me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
  • 12. If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer."
  • 13. The woman Folly is loud; she is undisciplined and without knowledge.
  • 14. She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
  • 15. calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way.
  • 16. Let all who are simple come in here! she says to those who lack judgment.
  • 17. Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!
  • 18. But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
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