Proverbs


9:1
 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:


9:2
 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.


9:3
 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,


9:4
 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,


9:5
 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.


9:6
 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.


9:7
 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.


9:8
 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.


9:9
 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.


9:10
 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.


9:11
 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.


9:12
 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.


9:13
 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.


9:14
 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,


9:15
 To call passengers who go right on their ways:


9:16
 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,


9:17
 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.


9:18
 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.