The Proverbs

9:1 Wisdom hath builded her house;

 She hath hewn out her seven pillars:

 ^9:2She hath killed her beasts;

 She hath mingled her wine;

 She hath also furnished her table:

 ^9:3She hath sent forth her maidens;

 She crieth upon the highest places of the city:

 ^9:4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither:

 As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

 ^9:5Come, eat ye of my bread,

 And drink of the wine which I have mingled.

 ^9:6Leave off, ye simple ones, and live;

 And walk in the way of understanding.
 
 

 ^9:7He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling;

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

 ^9:8Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee:

 Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

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

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

 ^9:10The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom;

 And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

 ^9:11For by me thy days shall be multiplied,

 And the years of thy life shall be increased.

 ^9:12If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself;

 And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.
 
 

 ^9:13The foolish woman is clamorous;

 She is simple, and knoweth nothing.

 ^9:14And she sitteth at the door of her house,

 On a seat in the high places of the city,

 ^9:15To call to them that pass by,

 Who go right on their ways:

 ^9:16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither;

 And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

 ^9:17Stolen waters are sweet,

 And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

 ^9:18But he knoweth not that the dead are there;

 That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.