The Proverbs (WEB)

9:1 Wisdom has built her house.
      She has carved out her seven pillars.

 ^9:2She has prepared her meat.
      She has mixed her wine.
      She has also set her table.

 ^9:3She has sent out her maidens.
      She cries from the highest places of the city:

 ^9:4"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!"
      As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

 ^9:5"Come, eat some of my bread,
      Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!

 ^9:6Leave your simple ways, and live.
      Walk in the way of understanding."

  ^9:7He who corrects a mocker invites insult.
      He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.

 ^9:8Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you.
      Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

 ^9:9Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser.
      Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

 ^9:10The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom.
      The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

 ^9:11For by me your days will be multiplied.
      The years of your life will be increased.

 ^9:12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself.
      If you mock, you alone will bear it.

  ^9:13The foolish woman is loud,
      Undisciplined, and knows nothing.

 ^9:14She sits at the door of her house,
      On a seat in the high places of the city,

 ^9:15To call to those who pass by,
      Who go straight on their ways,

 ^9:16"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here."
      As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

 ^9:17"Stolen water is sweet.
      Food eaten in secret is pleasant."

 ^9:18But he doesn't know that the dead are there,
      That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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