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Proverbs 9

World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible

9:1
Wisdom has built her house.
Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out (note: Hebrew; LXX, Syriac, and Aramaic Targum has set up) her seven pillars.
9:2
She has prepared her meat.
She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
9:3
She has sent out her maidens.
She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.
9:4
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
9:5
“Come, eat some of my bread,
“Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.
9:6
Leave your simple ways, and live.
Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
9:7
One who corrects a mocker invites insult.
He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
9:8
Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you.
Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
9:9
Instruct a wise person, and he will be still wiser.
Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
9:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
9:11
For by me your days will be multiplied.
For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
9:12
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself.
If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
9:13
The foolish woman is loud,
The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
9:14
She sits at the door of her house,
She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
9:15
to call to those who pass by,
calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.
9:16
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here.”
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
9:17
“Stolen water is sweet.
“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
9:18
But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there,
But they do not know that the dead (note: Hebrew the Rephaim) are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.