Proverbs 9:1
Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars:
Proverbs 9:2
She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine; she has also furnished her table.
Proverbs 9:3
She has sent forth her maidens: she cries on the highest places of the city,
Proverbs 9:4
Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: as for him that wants understanding, she said to him,
Proverbs 9:5
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Proverbs 9:6
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Proverbs 9:7
He that reproves a scorner gets to himself shame: and he that rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot.
Proverbs 9:8
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
Proverbs 9:9
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs 9:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Proverbs 9:11
For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.
Proverbs 9:12
If you be wise, you shall be wise for yourself: but if you scorn, you alone shall bear it.
Proverbs 9:13
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knows nothing.
Proverbs 9:14
For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
Proverbs 9:15
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
Proverbs 9:16
Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him that wants understanding, she said to him,
Proverbs 9:17
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Proverbs 9:18
But he knows not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.