Thematic Bible
Proverbs 9:1 (show verse)
Wisdom has built her house. She has hewn out her seven pillars.
Proverbs 9:2 (show verse)
She has killed her beasts. She has mingled her wine. She has also furnished her table.
Proverbs 9:3 (show verse)
She has sent forth her maidens. She cries out upon the highest places of the city:
Proverbs 9:4 (show verse)
He who is simple, let him turn in here. As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
Proverbs 9:5 (show verse)
Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Proverbs 9:6 (show verse)
Forsake ye simpleness, and live, and walk in the way of understanding.
Proverbs 9:7 (show verse)
He who corrects a scoffer gets himself reviling. And he who reproves a wicked man [gets] himself a bruise.
Proverbs 9:8 (show verse)
Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee. Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs 9:9 (show verse)
Give opportunity to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs 9:10 (show verse)
The fear of LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy is understanding.
Proverbs 9:11 (show verse)
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
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Proverbs 9:12 (show verse)
If thou are wise, thou are wise for thyself. And if thou scoff, thou alone shall bear it.
Proverbs 9:13 (show verse)
The foolish woman is clamorous, simple, and knows nothing.
Proverbs 9:14 (show verse)
And she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
Proverbs 9:15 (show verse)
to call to those who pass by, who go right on their ways:
Proverbs 9:16 (show verse)
He who is simple, let him turn in here. And as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
Proverbs 9:17 (show verse)
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread in secret is pleasant.
Proverbs 9:18 (show verse)
But he knows not that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.