Proverbs 9 : 1 (ESV)
Wisdom has built her house;she has hewn her seven pillars.
Proverbs 9 : 2 (ESV)
She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
Proverbs 9 : 3 (ESV)
She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town,
Proverbs 9 : 4 (ESV)
"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" To him who lacks sense she says,
Proverbs 9 : 5 (ESV)
"Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
Proverbs 9 : 6 (ESV)
Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight."
Proverbs 9 : 7 (ESV)
Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
Proverbs 9 : 8 (ESV)
Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
Proverbs 9 : 9 (ESV)
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs 9 : 10 (ESV)
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
Proverbs 9 : 11 (ESV)
For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
Proverbs 9 : 12 (ESV)
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
Proverbs 9 : 13 (ESV)
The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing.
Proverbs 9 : 14 (ESV)
She sits at the door of her house; she takes a seat on the highest places of the town,
Proverbs 9 : 15 (ESV)
calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way,
Proverbs 9 : 16 (ESV)
"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" And to him who lacks sense she says,
Proverbs 9 : 17 (ESV)
"Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
Proverbs 9 : 18 (ESV)
But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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