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Proverbs 9 :: New International Version (NIV)

Invitations of Wisdom and Folly

Pro 9:1

Pro 9:1Wisdom has built her house; she has set up[fn] its seven pillars.

Pro 9:2

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

Pro 9:3

Pro 9:3She has sent out her servants, and she calls from the highest point of the city,

Pro 9:4

Pro 9:4“Let all who are simple come to my house!” To those who have no sense she says,

Pro 9:5

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

Pro 9:6

Pro 9:6Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight.”

Pro 9:7

Pro 9:7Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults; whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.

Pro 9:8

Pro 9:8Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you.

Pro 9:9

Pro 9:9Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.

Pro 9:10

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

Pro 9:11

Pro 9:11For through wisdom[fn] your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.

Pro 9:12

Pro 9:12If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.

Pro 9:13

Pro 9:13Folly is an unruly woman; she is simple and knows nothing.

Pro 9:14

Pro 9:14She 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 pass by, who go straight on their way,

Pro 9:16

Pro 9:16“Let all who are simple come to my house!” To those who have no sense she says,

Pro 9:17

Pro 9:17“Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!”

Pro 9:18

Pro 9:18But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.
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Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew me
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