Proverbs 9

^{Proverbs 9:1} Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.

^{Proverbs 9:2} She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

^{Proverbs 9:3} She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.

^{Proverbs 9:4} “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

^{Proverbs 9:5} “Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.

^{Proverbs 9:6} Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

^{Proverbs 9:7} He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.

^{Proverbs 9:8} Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

^{Proverbs 9:9} Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.

^{Proverbs 9:10} The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

^{Proverbs 9:11} For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.

^{Proverbs 9:12} If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.

^{Proverbs 9:13} The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.

^{Proverbs 9:14} She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,

^{Proverbs 9:15} calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.

^{Proverbs 9:16} “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

^{Proverbs 9:17} “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”

^{Proverbs 9:18} But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.