Proverbs 9
9
Wisdom Hosts a Banquet
1Wisdom has built her house.
She has carved out her seven pillars.
2She has prepared her meat.
She has mixed her wine.
She has set her table.
3She 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.
6Stop being gullible and live.
Start traveling the road to understanding.”
Wisdom Prolongs Life
7Whoever corrects a mocker receives abuse.
Whoever warns a wicked person gets hurt.
8Do not warn a mocker, or he will hate you.
Warn a wise person, and he will love you.
9Give ⌞advice⌟ to a wise person,
and he will become even wiser.
Teach a righteous person,
and he will learn more.
10The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11You will live longer because of me,
and years will be added to your life.
12If you are wise, your wisdom will help you.
If you mock, you alone will be held responsible.
Stupidity Imitates Wisdom’s Banquet
13The woman Stupidity is loud, gullible, and ignorant.
14She sits at the doorway of her house.
She is enthroned on the high ground of the city
15and 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.”
18But he does not know
that the souls of the dead are there,
that her guests are in the depths of hell.
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Proverbs 9
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1Wisdom has built her house,
she has set up#9.1 Gk Syr Tg: Heb hewn her seven pillars.
2She has slaughtered her beasts, she has mixed her wine,
she has also set her table.
3She has sent out her maids to call
from the highest places in the town,
4“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
To him who is without sense she says,
5“Come, eat of my bread
and drink of the wine I have mixed.
6Leave simpleness,#9.6 Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb simple ones and live,
and walk in the way of insight.”
7He who corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,
and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
8Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
9Give instruction#9.9 Heb lacks instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser;
teach a righteous man and he will increase in learning.
10The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
11For by me your days will be multiplied,
and years will be added to your life.
12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself;
if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
13A foolish woman is noisy;
she is wanton#9.13 Cn Compare Syr Vg: The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain and knows no shame.#9.13 Gk Syr: The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
14She sits at the door of her house,
she takes a seat on the high places of the town,
15calling to those who pass by,
who are going straight on their way,
16“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
And to him who is without sense she says,
17“Stolen water is sweet,
and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
18But he does not know that the dead#9.18 Heb shades are there,
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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