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Proverbs 9 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

Pro 9:1

Pro 9:1Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.

Pro 9:2

Pro 9:2She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.

Pro 9:3

Pro 9:3She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city:

Pro 9:4

Pro 9:4"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

Pro 9:5

Pro 9:5"Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!

Pro 9:6

Pro 9:6Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding."

Pro 9:7

Pro 9:7He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.

Pro 9:8

Pro 9:8Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

Pro 9:9

Pro 9:9Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

Pro 9:10

Pro 9:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Pro 9:11

Pro 9:11For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.

Pro 9:12

Pro 9:12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

Pro 9:13

Pro 9:13The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing.

Pro 9:14

Pro 9:14She sits at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,

Pro 9:15

Pro 9:15To call to those who pass by, Who go straight on their ways,

Pro 9:16

Pro 9:16"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here." As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

Pro 9:17

Pro 9:17"Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant."

Pro 9:18

Pro 9:18But he doesn't know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of She'ol.
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