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Proverbs 9
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Proverbs 9 . 1
1 Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.TOSKProverbs 9:1
Proverbs 9 . 2
2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.TOSKProverbs 9:2
Proverbs 9 . 3
3 She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.TOSKProverbs 9:3
Proverbs 9 . 4
4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.TOSKProverbs 9:4
Proverbs 9 . 5
5 “Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.TOSKProverbs 9:5
Proverbs 9 . 6
6 Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”TOSKProverbs 9:6
Proverbs 9 . 7
7 He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.TOSKProverbs 9:7
Proverbs 9 . 8
8 Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.CProverbs 9:8-12TOSKProverbs 9:8
Proverbs 9 . 9
9 Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.CProverbs 9:8-12TOSKProverbs 9:9
Proverbs 9 . 10
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.CProverbs 9:8-12TOSKProverbs 9:10LTWisdom
Proverbs 9 . 11
11 For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.CProverbs 9:8-12TOSKProverbs 9:11
Proverbs 9 . 12
12 If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.CProverbs 9:8-12TOSKProverbs 9:12
Proverbs 9 . 13
13 The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.TOSKProverbs 9:13
Proverbs 9 . 14
14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,TOSKProverbs 9:14
Proverbs 9 . 15
15 calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.TOSKProverbs 9:15
Proverbs 9 . 16
16 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.TOSKProverbs 9:16
Proverbs 9 . 17
17 “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”TOSKProverbs 9:17
Proverbs 9 . 18
18 But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.TOSKProverbs 9:18