AFV2020 - Proverbs - 9

9:1  Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars;

9:2  She has prepared her meat; she has mixed her wine; she has also furnished her table.

9:3  She has sent out her young women; she cries upon the highest places of the city,

9:4  "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here." As for the one who lacks understanding, she says to him,

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

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

9:7  The one who rebukes a scorner gets shame to himself; and the one who rebukes a wicked one gets himself an insult.

9:8  Do not reprove a scorner, lest he hate you; give rebuke to a wise man, and he will love you.

9:9  Give instruction to a wise one, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous 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 your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.

9:12  If you are wise, you shall be wise for yourself; but if you scorn, you alone shall bear it."

9:13  A foolish woman is clamorous; she is simple and knows nothing.

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

9:15  To call those who pass by, who are going straight on their ways:

9:16  "Whoever is thoughtless, let him turn in here." And to one lacking understanding, she says to him,

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

9:18  But he does not know that the dead are there; her guests are in the depths of the grave.