Thematic Bible
Proverbs 9:1 (show verse)
Wisdom built her house. She carved her seven pillars.
Proverbs 9:2 (show verse)
She prepared her food and mixed her wine. She furnished her table.
Proverbs 9:3 (show verse)
She sent her maidens. She cried on the highest places of the city,
Proverbs 9:4 (show verse)
Who is simple? Let him turn in here! He who lacks understanding, she says to him,
Proverbs 9:5 (show verse)
Come eat my bread, and drink the wine that I have mixed.
Proverbs 9:6 (show verse)
Forsake the foolish, and live. Travel in the way of understanding.
Proverbs 9:7 (show verse)
Correct a scoffer and get dishonor for yourself. Rebuke a wicked man and receive insults.
Proverbs 9:8 (show verse)
Correct a scoffer (mocker) (scorner) and he will hate you. Reprove a wise man and he will love you.
Proverbs 9:9 (show verse)
Give instruction to a wise man and he will become even wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning (insight).
Proverbs 9:10 (show verse)
Respect for Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom. Knowledge of the holy One is understanding (discernment) (truth) (wisdom).
Proverbs 9:11 (show verse)
I will increase your days. I will add more years to your life.
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Proverbs 9:12 (show verse)
When you are wise you are wise for yourself. When you scoff you bear it alone.
Proverbs 9:13 (show verse)
A foolish woman is noisy. She has no sense at all.
Proverbs 9:14 (show verse)
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 those who pass by who go straight on their way:
Proverbs 9:16 (show verse)
Let the inexperienced (naive) one come in here, and to the person who lacks understanding she says:
Proverbs 9:17 (show verse)
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Proverbs 9:18 (show verse)
He does not know the dead are there. Her guests are in the depths of the grave.