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Proverbs 9 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

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Wisdom versus Foolishness

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Wisdom has built her house;

she has carved out her seven pillars.

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She has prepared her meat; she has mixed her wine;

she has also set her table.

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She has sent out her female servants;

she calls out from the highest points of the city:

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“Whoever is inexperienced, enter here! ”

To the one who lacks sense, she says,

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“Come, eat my bread,

and drink the wine I have mixed.

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“Leave inexperience behind, and you will live;

pursue the way of understanding.

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“The one who corrects a mocker

will bring abuse on himself;

the one who rebukes the wicked will get hurt.[fn]

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“Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you;

rebuke the wise, and he will love you.

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“Instruct the wise, and he will be wiser still;

teach the righteous, and he will learn more.

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“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,

and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

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“For by me your days will be many,

and years will be added to your life.

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“If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit;

if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences.”

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Folly is a rowdy woman;

she is gullible and knows nothing.

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She sits by the doorway of her house,

on a seat at the highest point of the city,

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calling to those who pass by,

who go straight ahead on their paths:

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“Whoever is inexperienced, enter here! ”

To the one who lacks sense, she says,

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“Stolen water is sweet,

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But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there,

that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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Lit man: his blemish
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Proverbs Chapter 9 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Open New Arabic Version Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras