Proverbs 9 / 31
- 1Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out its seven pillars.
- 2She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
- 3She has sent out her maids, and she calls from the highest point of the city.
- 4"Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment.
- 5"Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.
- 6Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.
- 7"Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.
- 8Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you.
- 9Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.
- 10"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
- 11For through me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
- 12If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer."
- 13The woman Folly is loud; she is undisciplined and without knowledge.
- 14She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
- 15calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way.
- 16"Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment.
- 17"Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!"
- 18But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.