Proverbs 9:1-9 ▼

1 Wisdom has built her house, || She has hewn out her pillars—seven.

2 She has slaughtered her slaughter, || She has mingled her wine, || Indeed, she has arranged her table.

3 She has sent forth her girls, || She cries on the tops of the high places of the city:

4 “Who [is] simple? Let him turn aside here.” Whoever lacks heart: she has said to him,

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

6 Forsake the simple and live, || And be blessed in the way of understanding.”

7 The instructor of a scorner || Is receiving for it—shame, || And a reprover of the wicked—his blemish.

8 Do not reprove a scorner, lest he hate you, || Give reproof to the wise, and he loves you.

9 Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, || Make known to the righteous, || And he increases learning.