Proverbs 9
1 Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.
Wisdom hath built her house; she hath hewn out her seven pillars;
2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
She hath killed her cattle; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also set in order her table.
3 She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.
She hath sent forth her maidens: she inviteth [her guests] upon the top of the highest places of the town.
4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that is void of sense, she saith to him,
5 “Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.
“Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
6 Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
Forsake simplicity, and live; and go onward on the way of understanding.
7 He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
He that correcteth a scorner acquireth for himself abuse; and he that reproveth the wicked getteth himself a blemish.
8 Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
Do not correct a scorner, lest he hate thee: reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
9 Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
Give to the wise [instruction], and he will become yet wiser: impart knowledge to the righteous, and he will increase his information.
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
The commencement of wisdom is the fear of the Lord; and the knowledge of the Most Holy One is understanding.
11 For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
For through me shall thy days be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased unto thee.
12 If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
If thou art become wise, thou art wise for thyself; but if thou art a scorner, thou alone wilt have to bear it.”
13 The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
The woman of folly is noisy: she is simple, and knoweth not what [to do].
14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
And she sitteth at the door of her house, upon a chair in the high places of the town.
15 calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.
To call the wayfarers who go straight forward on their paths.
16 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; and as for him that is void of sense, she saith to him,
17 “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
“Stolen waters are sweet, and bread of secrecy is pleasant.”
