Proverbs 9:3–9

3 She has sent out her female servants;g

she calls out from the highest points of the city:h

4 “Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!”

To the one who lacks sense,i she says,

5 “Come, eat my bread,j

and drink the wine I have mixed.

6 Leave inexperience behind, and you will live;

pursue the way of understanding.

7 The one who corrects a mocker

will bring abuse on himself;

the one who rebukes the wicked will get hurt.E

8 Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you;k

rebuke the wise, and he will love you.l

9 Instruct the wise, and he will be wiser still;

teach the righteous, and he will learn more.m