Proverbs 9 · Clearspring

The Way of Wisdom

¹Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.+ ²She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.+ ³She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.+ ⁴“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.+ ⁵“Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.+ ⁶Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”+ ⁷He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.+ ⁸Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.+ ⁹Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.+ ¹⁰The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.+ ¹¹For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.+ ¹²If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.+

The Way of Folly

¹³The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.+ ¹⁴She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,+ ¹⁵calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.+ ¹⁶“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.+ ¹⁷“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”+ ¹⁸But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.+

The Way of Wisdom

The Way of Folly

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