Proverbs 9 : 1 (NCV)
Wisdom has built her house; she has made its seven columns.
Proverbs 9 : 2 (NCV)
She has prepared her food and wine; she has set her table.
Proverbs 9 : 3 (NCV)
She has sent out her servant girls, and she calls out from the highest place in the city.
Proverbs 9 : 4 (NCV)
She says to those who are uneducated, "Come in here, you foolish people!
Proverbs 9 : 5 (NCV)
Come and eat my food and drink the wine I have prepared.
Proverbs 9 : 6 (NCV)
Stop your foolish ways, and you will live; take the road of understanding.
Proverbs 9 : 7 (NCV)
"If you correct someone who makes fun of wisdom, you will be insulted. If you correct an evil person, you will get hurt.
Proverbs 9 : 8 (NCV)
Do not correct those who make fun of wisdom, or they will hate you. But correct the wise, and they will love you.
Proverbs 9 : 9 (NCV)
Teach the wise, and they will become even wiser; teach good people, and they will learn even more.
Proverbs 9 : 10 (NCV)
"Wisdom begins with respect for the Lord, and understanding begins with knowing the Holy One.
Proverbs 9 : 11 (NCV)
If you live wisely, you will live a long time; wisdom will add years to your life.
Proverbs 9 : 12 (NCV)
The wise person is rewarded by wisdom, but whoever makes fun of wisdom will suffer for it."
Proverbs 9 : 13 (NCV)
Foolishness is like a loud woman; she does not have wisdom or knowledge.
Proverbs 9 : 14 (NCV)
She sits at the door of her house at the highest place in the city.
Proverbs 9 : 15 (NCV)
She calls out to those who are passing by, who are going along, minding their own business.
Proverbs 9 : 16 (NCV)
She says to those who are uneducated, "Come in here, you foolish people!
Proverbs 9 : 17 (NCV)
Stolen water is sweeter, and food eaten in secret tastes better."
Proverbs 9 : 18 (NCV)
But these people don't know that everyone who goes there dies, that her guests end up deep in the grave.
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