Proverbs 9:1-9 ▼

1 Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars;

2 She has slaughtered her cattle, she has mixed her wine; She has also prepared her table;

3 She has sent out her maidens, she calls From the tops of the heights of the city:

4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” To him who lacks a heart of wisdom she says,

5 “Come, eat of my bread And drink of the wine I have mixed.

6 Forsake your simplicity and live, And step into the way of understanding.”

7 He who disciplines a scoffer receives disgrace for himself, And he who reproves a wicked man receives injury for himself.

8 Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you, Reprove a wise man and he will love you.

9 Give knowledge to a wise man and he will be still wiser, Make a righteous man know it and he will increase his learning.