ProverbsChapter 9

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¹Wisdom has built her house.
She has carved out its seven pillars. ²She has cooked her meat and mixed her wine.
She has also set her table. ³She has sent out her servant girls.
She calls out from the highest places in the city. ⁴"Let all who are simple come in here!"
She says this to those who have no sense. ⁵"Come, eat my bread.
Drink the wine I have mixed. ⁶Leave your foolish ways behind, and you will live.
Walk in the way of understanding." ⁷Whoever corrects a mocker brings shame on himself.
Whoever warns a wicked man brings a stain on himself. ⁸Don't correct a mocker, or he will hate you.
Correct a wise man, and he will love you. ⁹Teach a wise man, and he will become even wiser.
Teach a man who does right, and he will learn more. ¹⁰The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.
Knowing the Holy One is understanding. ¹¹For through wisdom you will live many days.
Years will be added to your life. ¹²If you are wise, it will help you.
But if you mock, you alone will suffer for it. ¹³The woman named Folly is loud.
She is foolish and knows nothing. ¹⁴She sits at the door of her house.
She sits on a seat in the highest places of the city. ¹⁵She calls out to those who pass by.
They are going straight along their way. ¹⁶"Let all who are simple come in here!"
She says this to those who have no sense. ¹⁷"Stolen water is sweet!
Food eaten in secret tastes good!" ¹⁸But they don't know that the dead are there.
Her guests are deep in the grave.a