LITV - Proverbs - 9

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

9:2  she has slaughtered her slaughter; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

9:3  She has sent out her maidens; she cries on the highest places of the city;

9:4  The simple one, turn in here; and to one lacking heart, she says to him:

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

9:6  Forsake the foolish, and live, and go in the way of understanding.

9:7  He who reproves a scorner gets shame to himself; and he who rebukes a wicked man gets his own blot.

9:8  Do not reprove a scorner, that he not hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

9:9  Give to a wise one, and he will be more wise; teach a just one, and he will increase in learning.

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

9:11  For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.

9:12  If you are wise, you shall be wise for yourself, but if you scorn, you alone shall bear it .

9:13  A foolish woman is loud; she is thoughtlessness, and she knows not what.

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

9:15  to call those who pass by, who are going straight on their ways:

9:16  The simple one, let him turn in here; and to the one lacking heart, she says to him:

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

9:18  But he does not know that the departed spirits are there; her guests are in the depths of hell.