Proverbs 9:1-9 ▼

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

2 She has prepared her food, she has mixed her wine; She has also set her table;

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

4 “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!” To him who lacks understanding she says,

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

6 “Forsake your folly and live, And proceed in the way of understanding.”

7 He who corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself, And he who reproves a wicked man gets insults for himself.

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

9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser, Teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.