Proverbs Chapter 9
The ones that hate me love death.” Prov 8:32-36
1 Wisdom has built her house;
She’s carved its seven columns.
2 She’s done her butchering, mixed her wine,
and set her table.
3 She’s sent her maids
to call out from the heights of the city:
4“Whoever is naïve, turn in here!”
She says to the one that lacks good judgment,
5“Come in and eat my food;
drink the wine I’ve mixed.
6Abandon your foolish ways and start having a life;
conduct yourself with good judgment.”
Prov 9:1-6
7 If you correct a scoffer, you’ll be abused;
if you reprove sinners, you’ll get insulted.
8Don’t reprove scoffers; they’ll hate you.
reprove the wise, and they’ll love you.
9 Instruct the wise, and they’ll be wiser still;
teach the good, and they’ll be better yet.
10 Respect for Yahveh is basic to wisdom;
knowing the Holy One clarifies your thinking.
11 It’ll multiply your days
and add years to your life.
12 If you’re wise, you’re wise for yourself;
if you scoff at wisdom, it’ll be to your detriment.
Prov 9:7-12
13 A foolish woman is loud;
she’s naïve and ignorant.
14She sits in the doorway of her house
or takes a seat on the high places in town.
15She calls out to those who are going by,
who are following straight paths:
16“Whoever is naïve, turn in here,”
she claims to the one that doesn’t know any better.
17“Stolen water is refreshing;
bread eaten in secret tastes good.”
18But they don’t know that the dead are there,
that her guests lie in Sheol.
Prov 9:13-18