Geneva1599 - Proverbs - 9

9:1  Wisedome hath built her house, and hewen out her seuen pillars.

9:2  She hath killed her vitailes, drawen her wine, and prepared her table.

9:3  She hath sent forth her maydens and cryeth vpon the highest places of the citie, saying,

9:4  Who so is simple, let him come hither, and to him that is destitute of wisedome, she sayth,

9:5  Come, and eate of my meate, and drinke of the wine that I haue drawen.

9:6  Forsake your way, ye foolish, and ye shall liue: and walke in the way of vnderstanding.

9:7  He that reproueth a scorner, purchaseth to himselfe shame: and he that rebuketh the wicked, getteth himselfe a blot.

9:8  Rebuke not a scorner, least he hate thee: but rebuke a wise man, and he will loue thee.

9:9  Giue admonition to the wise, and he will be the wiser: teache a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

9:10  The beginning of wisedome is the feare of the Lord, and the knowledge of holy things, is vnderstanding.

9:11  For thy dayes shalbe multiplied by me, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe augmented.

9:12  If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thy selfe, and if thou be a scorner, thou alone shalt suffer.

9:13  A foolish woman is troublesome: she is ignorant, and knoweth nothing.

9:14  But she sitteth at the doore of her house on a seate in the hie places of the citie,

9:15  To call them that passe by the way, that go right on their way, saying,

9:16  Who so is simple, let him come hither, and to him that is destitute of wisedome, shee sayth also,

9:17  Stollen waters are sweete, and hid bread is pleasant.

9:18  But he knoweth not, that ye dead are there, and that her ghestes are in the depth of hell.