Jubilee2000 - Proverbs - 9

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

9:2  She has killed her sacrifice; she has mingled her wine; and she has furnished her table.

9:3  She has sent forth her maidens; she cries upon the highest places of the city,

9:4  whosoever [is] simple, let him turn in here; [as for] those that lack understanding, she saith unto him,

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

9:6  Forsake that which is foolish and live and go in the way of understanding.

9:7  He that chastens a scorner brings shame unto himself, and he that chastens a wicked [man brings] himself a blot.

9:8  Chasten not a scorner lest he hate thee; chasten 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 knows nothing.

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

9:15  to call to those who pass by the way, to those who straighten their ways;

9:16  Whosoever [is] simple, let him turn in here; and [as for] him that lacks understanding, she saith unto 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 [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of Sheol.: