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Proverbs 9 :: New English Translation (NET)

Pro 9:1

Pro 9:1Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out its seven pillars.

Pro 9:2

Pro 9:2She has prepared her meat, she has mixed her wine; she also has arranged her table.

Pro 9:3

Pro 9:3She has sent out her female servants; she calls out on the highest places of the city.

Pro 9:4

Pro 9:4"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here," she says to those who lack understanding.

Pro 9:5

Pro 9:5"Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed.

Pro 9:6

Pro 9:6Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding."

Pro 9:7

Pro 9:7Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse.

Pro 9:8

Pro 9:8Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you.

Pro 9:9

Pro 9:9Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.

Pro 9:10

Pro 9:10The beginning of wisdom is to fear the LORD, and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding.

Pro 9:11

Pro 9:11For because of me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.

Pro 9:12

Pro 9:12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you are a mocker, you alone must bear it.

Pro 9:13

Pro 9:13The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything.

Pro 9:14

Pro 9:14So she sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,

Pro 9:15

Pro 9:15calling out to those who are passing by her in the way, who go straight on their way.

Pro 9:16

Pro 9:16"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here," she says to those who lack understanding.

Pro 9:17

Pro 9:17"Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!"

Pro 9:18

Pro 9:18But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
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