Proverbs 9
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Proverbs

The Way of Wisdom

Proverbs 1:1–7

1Wisdom hath builded her house; She hath hewn out her seven pillars:+ 2She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; She hath also furnished her table:+ 3She hath sent forth her maidens; She crieth upon the highest places of the city:+ 4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,+ 5Come, eat ye of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled.+ 6Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.+ 7He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man [getteth] himself a blot.+ 8Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.+ 9Give [instruction] to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.+ 10The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.+ 11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.+ 12If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.+

The Way of Folly

13The foolish woman is clamorous; [She is] simple, and knoweth nothing.+ 14And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,+ 15To call to them that pass by, Who go right on their ways:+ 16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,+ 17Stolen waters are sweet, And bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.+ 18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.+

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