| Chapter 9 |
1 | Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars;
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2 | she hath slaughtered her cattle, she hath mingled her wine, she hath also prepared her table;
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3 | she hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the summits of the high places of the city,
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4 | Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. To him that is void of understanding, she saith,
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5 | Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled.
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6 | Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence.
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7 | He that instructeth a scorner getteth to himself shame; and he that reproveth a wicked [man] [getteth] to himself a blot.
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8 | Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise [man], and he will love thee.
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9 | Impart to a wise [man], and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous [man], and he will increase learning.
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10 | The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the Holy is intelligence.
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11 | For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.
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12 | If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
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13 | The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing.
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14 | And she sitteth at the entry of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
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15 | to call passers-by who go right on their ways:
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16 | Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith,
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17 | Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.
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18 | But he knoweth not that the dead are there; [that] her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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