JPS - Proverbs - 9

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

9:2  She hath prepared her meat, she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

9:3  She hath sent forth her maidens, she calleth, upon the highest places of the city:

9:4  'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither'; as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him:

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

9:6  Forsake all thoughtlessness, and live; and walk in the way of understanding.

9:7  He that correcteth a scorner getteth to himself shame, and he that reproveth a wicked man, it becometh unto him a blot.

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

9:9  Give to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

9:10  The fear of HaShem is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the All-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 art wise, thou art wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.'

9:13  The woman Folly is riotous; she is thoughtless, and knoweth nothing.

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

9:15  To call to them that pass by, who go right on their ways:

9:16  'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither'; and as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him:

9:17  'Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.'

9:18  But he knoweth not that the shades are there; that her guests are in the depths of the nether-world.