Rotherham - Proverbs - 9

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

9:2  hath slaughtered her beasts, hath mingled her wine, hath even set in order her table;

9:3  hath sent forth her maidens, She crieth aloud, upon the tops of the heights of the city:

9:4  Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither, as for him that lacketh sense, she saith to him—

9:5  Come, feed on my food, and drink of the wine I have mingled;

9:6  Forsake the simple ones, and live, and advance in the way of understanding.

9:7  He that rebuketh a scoffer, getteth to himself contempt, and, he that reproveth a lawless man, [getteth to himself] his shame.

9:8  Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate thee, Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

9:9  Give to a wise man, and he will be wiser still, Inform a righteous man, and he will increase learning.

9:10  The beginning of wisdom, is the reverence of Yahweh, and, the knowledge of the Holy, is understanding;

9:11  For, by me, shall be multiplied—thy days, and there be added to thee—the years of life.

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

9:13  The woman Stupidity, is boisterous, so simple that she knoweth not what she would do;

9:14  So she sitteth at the entrance of her house, upon a seat, in the heights of the city;

9:15  To invite them who pass by the way, who are going straight on in their paths:

9:16  Whoso is simple, let him turn aside hither, and, as for him that lacketh sense, she saith to him:

9:17  Stolen waters, will be sweet,—and a secret meal, will be pleasant;

9:18  But he knoweth not, that the shades are there; In the depths of hades, are her guests.