Proverbs 9
Wisdom Hosts a Banquet
1 Wisdom has built her house.She has carved out her seven pillars.2 She has prepared her meat.She has mixed her wine.She has set her table.3 She has sent out her servant girls.She calls from the highest places in the city,4 “Whoever is gullible turn in here!”She says to a person without sense,5 “Come, eat my bread,and drink the wine I have mixed.6 Stop being gullible and live.Start traveling the road to understanding.”
Wisdom Prolongs Life
7 Whoever corrects a mocker receives abuse.Whoever warns a wicked person gets hurt.8 Do not warn a mocker, or he will hate you.Warn a wise person, and he will love you.9 Give advice to a wise person,and he will become even wiser.Teach a righteous person,and he will learn more.10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.11 You will live longer because of me,and years will be added to your life.12 If you are wise, your wisdom will help you.If you mock, you alone will be held responsible.
Stupidity Imitates Wisdom’s Banquet
13 The woman Stupidity is loud, gullible, and ignorant.t14 She sits at the doorway of her house.She is enthroned on the high ground of the city15 and calls to those who pass by,those minding their own business,16 “Whoever is gullible turn in here!”She says to a person without sense,17 “Stolen waters are sweet,and food eaten in secret is tasty.”18 But he does not knowthat the souls of the dead are there,that her guests are in the depths of hell.
Proverbs 9
1 Wisdom hath builded her house; She hath hewn out her seven pillars:
2 She hath killed her beasts; She hath mingled her wine; She hath also furnished her table:
3 She hath sent forth her maidens; She crieth upon the highest places of the city:
4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
5 Come, eat ye of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled.
6 Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.
7 He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
8 Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
10 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.
12 If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.
13 The foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knoweth nothing.
14 And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,
15 To call to them that pass by, Who go right on their ways:
16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
17 Stolen waters are sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.