Proverbs 9

9Wisdom 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 is void of understanding, she saith to him,

⁵Come, eat ye of my bread,

And drink of the wine which I have mingled.

⁶Leave off, ye simple ones, and live;

And walk in the way of understanding.

⁷He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling;

And he that reproveth a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

⁸Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee:

Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

⁹Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser:

Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

¹⁰The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom;

And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

¹¹For by me thy days shall be multiplied,

And the years of thy life shall be increased.

¹²If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself;

And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.

¹³The foolish woman is clamorous;

She is simple, and knoweth nothing.

¹⁴And she sitteth at the door of her house,

On a seat in the high places of the city,

¹⁵To call to them that pass by,

Who go right on their ways:

¹⁶Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither;

And as for him that is void of 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;

That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.