Noyes - Proverbs - 9

9:1  Wisdom hath builded her house; She hath hewn out her seven pillars.

9:2  She hath killed her fatlings; She hath mingled her wine; Yea, she hath furnished her table.

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

9:4  "Whoever is simple, let him turn in hither!" To him that is void of understanding she saith,

9:5  "Come, eat of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled!

9:6  Forsake folly, and live! And go forward in the way of understanding!

9:7  "He who correcteth a scoffer Bringeth shame upon himself; And he who rebuketh the wicked Bringeth upon himself a stain.

9:8  Rebuke not a scoffer, 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 righteous man, and he will increase his learning.

9:10  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Most Holy is understanding.

9:11  Yea, through me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.

9:12  If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou art a scoffer, thou alone must bear it."

9:13  The foolish woman is clamorous; She is very simple, and careth for nothing.

9:14  She sitteth at the door of her house, Upon a seat in the high places of the city,

9:15  To call aloud to those that pass by, Who go straight forward in their ways,

9:16  "Whoever is simple, let him turn in hither!" And to him that is void of understanding she saith,

9:17  "Stolen water is sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant."

9:18  But he considereth not that the dead are there, That in the vales of the under-world are her guests.