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