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Proverbs 9 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:1 - Wisdom has built her house;
she has carved its seven columns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:2 - She has prepared a great banquet,
mixed the wines, and set the table.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:3 - She has sent her servants to invite everyone to come.
She calls out from the heights overlooking the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:4 - “Come in with me,” she urges the simple.
To those who lack good judgment, she says,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:5 - “Come, eat my food,
and drink the wine I have mixed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:6 - Leave your simple ways behind, and begin to live;
learn to use good judgment.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:7 - Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get an insult in return.
Anyone who corrects the wicked will get hurt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:8 - So don’t bother correcting mockers;
they will only hate you.
But correct the wise,
and they will love you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:9 - Instruct the wise,
and they will be even wiser.
Teach the righteous,
and they will learn even more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:10 - Fear of the LORD is the foundation of wisdom.
Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:11 - Wisdom will multiply your days
and add years to your life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:12 - If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit.
If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.
Folly Calls for a Hearing

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:13 - The woman named Folly is brash.
She is ignorant and doesn’t know it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:14 - She sits in her doorway
on the heights overlooking the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:15 - She calls out to men going by
who are minding their own business.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:16 - “Come in with me,” she urges the simple.
To those who lack good judgment, she says,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:17 - “Stolen water is refreshing;
food eaten in secret tastes the best!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:18 - But little do they know that the dead are there.
Her guests are in the depths of the grave.[fn]
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Hebrew in Sheol.
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Proverbs Chapter 9 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible 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 Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version 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