Proverbs 9

¹Wisdom 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 scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that reproveth a wicked man gettethhimself a blot. ⁸Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: reprove a wise man, and he will love thee. ⁹Give instructionto a wise man, and he will be yet 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 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 scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. ¹³The foolish woman is clamorous; she issimple, 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 eatenin secret is pleasant. ¹⁸But he knoweth not that the dead are there; that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.