Darby - Proverbs - 9

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

9:2  she hath slaughtered her cattle, she hath mingled her wine, she hath also prepared her table;

9:3  she hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the summits of the high places of the city,

9:4  Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. To him that is void of understanding, she saith,

9:5  Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled.

9:6  Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence.

9:7  He that instructeth a scorner getteth to himself shame; and he that reproveth a wicked [man] [getteth] to himself a blot.

9:8  Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise [man], and he will love thee.

9:9  Impart to a wise [man], and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous [man], and he will increase learning.

9:10  The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the Holy is intelligence.

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

9:12  If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

9:13  The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing.

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

9:15  to call passers-by who go right on their ways:

9:16  Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith,

9:17  Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.

9:18  But he knoweth not that the dead are there; [that] her guests are in the depths of Sheol.