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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The Way of Wisdom
1 # [Matt. 16:18; 1 Pet. 2:5]; See Eph. 2:20-22 Wisdom has built her house;
she has hewn her #[Rev. 1:4] seven #[1 Tim. 3:15]pillars.
2She has #[Matt. 22:4] slaughtered her beasts; she has #ch. 23:30; Song 8:2 mixed her wine;
she has also #Ps. 23:5; [Luke 14:17]set her table.
3She has #[Ps. 68:11; Matt. 22:3; 23:34] sent out her young women to #ch. 8:1, 2 call
from #ver. 14; ch. 8:2; [Matt. 10:27]the highest places in the town,
4 # ver. 16; [Matt. 11:25; 1 Cor. 1:26] “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
# ch. 6:32 To him who lacks sense she says,
5“Come, #[Song 5:1; Isa. 55:1; John 6:27] eat of my bread
and #[John 7:37] drink of #[See ver. 2 above]the wine I have mixed.
6Leave #See ch. 1:4 your simple ways,#9:6 Or Leave the company of the simple and #[ver. 11] live,
# [ch. 23:19] and walk in the way of insight.”
7Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,
and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
8 # [Matt. 7:6] Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
# See Ps. 141:5 reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
9Give instruction#9:9 Hebrew lacks instruction to a wise man, and he will be #[Matt. 13:12] still wiser;
teach a righteous man, and he will #ch. 1:5increase in learning.
10 # See ch. 1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and #ch. 30:3the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
11For by me #[ch. 10:27]; See ch. 3:2your days will be multiplied,
and years will be added to your life.
12 # [Job 22:2, 3; 1 Cor. 3:8; Gal. 6:5] If you are wise, you are wise for yourself;
if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
The Way of Folly
13 # For ver. 13-18, see ch. 7:7-27 The woman Folly is #ch. 7:11 loud;
she is seductive#9:13 Or full of simpleness and #ch. 5:6knows nothing.
14She sits at the door of her house;
she takes a seat on #ver. 3the highest places of the town,
15calling to those who pass by,
who are #[ver. 6]going straight on their way,
16 # ver. 4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
And to him who lacks sense she says,
17 # [ch. 5:15] “Stolen water is sweet,
and #[ch. 20:17; 30:20]bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
18But he does not know #See ch. 7:27that the dead#9:18 Hebrew Rephaim are there,
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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