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| The Book of Proverbs 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| The World English Online Bible (WLD) | ||||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 9:1 | Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 9:2 | She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 9:3 | She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city: | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 9:4 | "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him, | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 9:5 | "Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed! | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 9:6 | Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding." | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 9:7 | He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 9:8 | Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 9:9 | Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 9:10 | The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 9:11 | For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 9:12 | If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 9:13 | The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 9:14 | She sits at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city, | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 9:15 | To call to those who pass by, Who go straight on their ways, | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 9:16 | "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here." As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him, | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 9:17 | "Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant." | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 9:18 | But he doesn't know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of Sheol. | |||||||||||||||
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