Proverbs 9 : 1 (HCSB)
Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.
Proverbs 9 : 2 (HCSB)
She has prepared her meat; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
Proverbs 9 : 3 (HCSB)
She has sent out her servants; she calls out from the highest points of the city:
Proverbs 9 : 4 (HCSB)
"Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!" To the one who lacks sense, she says,
Proverbs 9 : 5 (HCSB)
"Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine I have mixed.
Proverbs 9 : 6 (HCSB)
Leave inexperience behind, and you will live; pursue the way of understanding.
Proverbs 9 : 7 (HCSB)
The one who corrects a mocker will bring dishonor on himself; the one who rebukes a wicked man will get hurt.
Proverbs 9 : 8 (HCSB)
Don't rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
Proverbs 9 : 9 (HCSB)
Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will learn more.
Proverbs 9 : 10 (HCSB)
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Proverbs 9 : 11 (HCSB)
For by Wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
Proverbs 9 : 12 (HCSB)
If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit; if you mock, you alone will bear *the consequences ."
Proverbs 9 : 13 (HCSB)
The woman Folly is rowdy; she is gullible and knows nothing.
Proverbs 9 : 14 (HCSB)
She sits by the doorway of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
Proverbs 9 : 15 (HCSB)
calling to those who pass by, who go straight ahead on their paths:
Proverbs 9 : 16 (HCSB)
"Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!" To the one who lacks sense, she says,
Proverbs 9 : 17 (HCSB)
"Stolen water is sweet, and bread *eaten secretly is tasty!"
Proverbs 9 : 18 (HCSB)
But he doesn't know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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