Proverbs 9:1-18

¹Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars;

²She hath prepared her meat, she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

³She hath sent forth her maidens, she calleth, upon the highest places of the city:

⁴'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither'; as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him:

⁵'Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

⁶Forsake all thoughtlessness, and live; and walk in the way of understanding.

⁷He that correcteth a scorner getteth to himself shame, and he that reproveth a wicked man, it becometh unto him a blot.

⁸Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

⁹Give to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

¹⁰The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the All-holy is understanding.

¹¹For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

¹²If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.'

¹³The woman Folly is riotous; she is thoughtless, and knoweth nothing.

¹⁴And she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

¹⁵To call to them that pass by, who go right on their ways:

¹⁶'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither'; and as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him:

¹⁷'Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.'

¹⁸But he knoweth not that the shades are there; that her guests are in the depths of the nether-world.