Proverbs 9

1. (Prov 9:1) Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
2. (Prov 9:2) She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
3. (Prov 9:3) She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
4. (Prov 9:4) Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
5. (Prov 9:5) Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
6. (Prov 9:6) Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
7. (Prov 9:7) He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
8. (Prov 9:8) Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9. (Prov 9:9) Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
10. (Prov 9:10) The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
11. (Prov 9:11) For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
12. (Prov 9:12) If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
13. (Prov 9:13) A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
14. (Prov 9:14) For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
15. (Prov 9:15) To call passengers who go right on their ways:
16. (Prov 9:16) Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
17. (Prov 9:17) Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
18. (Prov 9:18) But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.