Chapter 9

¹Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.

²She has prepared her feast, mixed her wine; she has set her table.

³She has sent out her servants; she calls from the highest places of the city:

⁴“Whoever is simple, come here!” To those lacking understanding, she says,

⁵“Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine I have mixed.

⁶Leave your simple ways and live; walk in the path of insight.”

⁷Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults; whoever rebukes the wicked earns abuse.

⁸Do not rebuke a mocker, or they will hate you; rebuke the wise, and they will love you.

⁹Instruct the wise, and they will grow wiser; teach the righteous, and they will increase in learning.

¹⁰The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

¹¹For through me your days will multiply, and years will be added to your life.

¹²If you are wise, your wisdom benefits you; if you mock, you alone bear it.

¹³Folly is a loud woman, ignorant and knowing nothing.

¹⁴She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the city’s high places,

¹⁵calling to those who pass by, who go straight on their way:

¹⁶“Whoever is simple, come here!” To those lacking understanding, she says,

¹⁷“Stolen water is sweet, and hidden bread is pleasant.”

¹⁸But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. Proverbs 10 The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 10 – VKJV