Proverbs 9
9
The Way of Wisdom
1Wisdom has #(Matt. 16:18; 1 Cor. 3:9, 10; Eph. 2:20–22; 1 Pet. 2:5)built her house,
She has hewn out her seven pillars;
2#Matt. 22:4She has slaughtered her meat,
#Prov. 23:30She has mixed her wine,
She has also furnished her table.
3She has sent out her maidens,
She cries out from the highest places of the city,
4“Whoever#Ps. 19:7 is simple, let him turn in here!”
As for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
5“Come,#Song 5:1; Is. 55:1; (John 6:27) eat of my bread
And drink of the wine I have mixed.
6Forsake foolishness and live,
And go in the way of understanding.
7“He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself,
And he who rebukes a wicked man only harms himself.
8#Prov. 15:12; Matt. 7:6Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you;
#Ps. 141:5; Prov. 10:8Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser;
Teach a just man, #(Matt. 13:12)and he will increase in learning.
10“The#Job 28:28; Ps. 111:10; Prov. 1:7 fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11#Prov. 3:2, 16For by me your days will be multiplied,
And years of life will be added to you.
12#Job 35:6, 7; Prov. 16:26If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,
And if you scoff, you will bear it alone.”
The Way of Folly
13#Prov. 7:11A foolish woman is clamorous;
She is simple, and knows nothing.
14For she sits at the door of her house,
On a seat #Prov. 9:3by the highest places of the city,
15To call to those who pass by,
Who go straight on their way:
16“Whoever#Prov. 7:7, 8 is simple, let him turn in here”;
And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
17“Stolen#Prov. 20:17 water is sweet,
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
18But he does not know that #Prov. 2:18; 7:27the dead are there,
That her guests are in the depths of hell.
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Proverbs 9
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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 wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
5Come, eat of my bread,
And drink of the wine which I have mingled.
6Forsake the foolish, and live;
And go in the way of understanding.
7He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame:
And he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee:
Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser:
Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom:
And the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
11For by me thy days shall be multiplied,
And the years of thy life shall be increased.
12If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself:
But if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
13A foolish woman is clamorous:
She is simple, and knoweth nothing.
14For she sitteth at the door of her house,
On a seat in the high places of the city,
15To call passengers
Who go right on their ways:
16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither:
And as for him that wanteth 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;
And that her guests are in the depths of hell.
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