Proverbs 9:1-12

¹Wisedome hath built her house, and hewen out her seuen pillars.

²She hath killed her vitailes, drawen her wine, and prepared her table.

³She hath sent forth her maydens and cryeth vpon the highest places of the citie, saying,

⁴Who so is simple, let him come hither, and to him that is destitute of wisedome, she sayth,

⁵Come, and eate of my meate, and drinke of the wine that I haue drawen.

⁶Forsake your way, ye foolish, and ye shall liue: and walke in the way of vnderstanding.

⁷He that reproueth a scorner, purchaseth to himselfe shame: and he that rebuketh the wicked, getteth himselfe a blot.

⁸Rebuke not a scorner, least he hate thee: but rebuke a wise man, and he will loue thee.

⁹Giue admonition to the wise, and he will be the wiser: teache a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

¹⁰The beginning of wisedome is the feare of the Lord, and the knowledge of holy things, is vnderstanding.

¹¹For thy dayes shalbe multiplied by me, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe augmented.

¹²If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thy selfe, and if thou be a scorner, thou alone shalt suffer.