Proverbs 9:1-9 - Wisdom's Banquet

¹ Wisdom hath builded her house, She hath hewn out her pillars -- seven. ² She hath slaughtered her slaughter, She hath mingled her wine, Yea, she hath arranged her table. ³ She hath sent forth her damsels, She crieth on the tops of the high places of the city: ⁴ Who is simple? let him turn aside hither.' Whoso lacketh heart: she hath said to him, ⁵ 'Come, eat of my bread, And drink of the wine I have mingled. ⁶ Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding. ⁷ The instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it -- shame, And a reprover of the wicked -- his blemish. ⁸ Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee. ⁹ Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increaseth learning.