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Proverbs 9
Chapter 9
- Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars:
- She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she
hath also furnished her table.
- She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest
places of the city,
- Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him that
wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
- Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have
mingled.
- Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of
understanding.
- He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he
that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.
- Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man,
and he will love thee.
- Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet
wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.
- The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the
knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.
- For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of
thy life shall be increased.
- If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if]
thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].
- A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and
knoweth nothing.
- For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the
high places of the city,
- To call passengers who go right on their ways:
- Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him
that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
- Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is
pleasant.
- But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that]
her guests [are] in the depths of hell.
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King James Bible 1603
(Network Version, 1994)
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