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She has set up her seven pillars.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city:<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here." As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>"Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding."<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>To call to those who pass by, who go straight on their ways,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here." as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>"Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant."<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But he doesn't know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.<p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><a href="//nheb.net/">New Heart English Bible</a><br />Edited by Wayne A. 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