Thematic Bible

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 female servants;
she calls out from the highest points of the city:

Proverbs 9:4

“Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!”
To the one who lacks sense, she says,

Proverbs 9:5

“Come, eat my bread,
and drink the wine I have mixed.

Proverbs 9:6

Leave inexperience behind, and you will live;
pursue the way of understanding.

Proverbs 9:7

The one who corrects a mocker
will bring dishonor on himself;
the one who rebukes a wicked man will get hurt.

Proverbs 9:8

Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you;
rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

Proverbs 9:9

Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still;
teach a righteous man, and he will learn more.

Proverbs 9:10

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Proverbs 9:11

For by Wisdom your days will be many,
and years will be added to your life.
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Proverbs 9:12

If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit;
if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences.”

Proverbs 9:13

The woman Folly is rowdy;
she is gullible and knows nothing.

Proverbs 9:14

She sits by the doorway of her house,
on a seat at the highest point of the city,

Proverbs 9:15

calling to those who pass by,
who go straight ahead on their paths:

Proverbs 9:16

“Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!”
To the one who lacks sense, she says,

Proverbs 9:17

“Stolen water is sweet,
and bread eaten secretly is tasty!”

Proverbs 9:18

But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there,
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.