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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Proverbs 9 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/proverbs/9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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10">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Wisdom Gives a Feast</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_1"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.9.1" class="v20_9_1">1</span>Wisdom has built her house</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_9_1">with its seven columns.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_2"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.9.2" class="v20_9_2">2</span>She has prepared the meat</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_2">and set out the wine.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_9_2">Her feast is ready.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_3"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.9.3" class="v20_9_3">3</span>She has sent her servant women</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_3">to announce her invitation</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_9_3">from the highest hills:</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_4"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.9.4" class="v20_9_4">4</span>“Everyone who is ignorant</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_9_4">or foolish is invited!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_5"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.9.5" class="v20_9_5">5</span>All of you are welcome</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_9_5">to my meat and wine.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_6"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.9.6" class="v20_9_6">6</span>If you want to live,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_9_6">give up your foolishness</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_6">and let understanding</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_9_6">guide your steps.”</span></p><h3 class="s1">True Wisdom</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_7"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.9.7" class="v20_9_7">7</span>Correct a worthless bragger,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_7">and all you will get</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_9_7">are insults and injuries.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_8"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.9.8" class="v20_9_8">8</span>Any bragger you correct</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_9_8">will only hate you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_8">But if you correct someone</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_8">who has common sense,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_9_8">you will be loved.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_9"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.9.9" class="v20_9_9">9</span>If you have good sense,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_9">instruction will help you</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_9_9">to have even better sense.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_9">And if you live right,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_9">education will help you</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_9_9">to know even more.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_10"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.9.10" class="v20_9_10">10</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.9.10!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Respect and obey the <span class="nd">Lord</span>!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_10">This is the beginning</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_9_10">of wisdom.<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.9.10!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_10">To have understanding,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_9_10">you must know the Holy God.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_11"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.9.11" class="v20_9_11">11</span>I am Wisdom. If you follow me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_9_11">you will live a long time.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_12"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.9.12" class="v20_9_12">12</span>Good sense is good for you,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_12">but if you brag,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_9_12">you hurt yourself.</span></p><h3 class="s1">A Foolish Invitation</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_13"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.9.13" class="v20_9_13">13</span>Stupidity<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.9.13!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> is reckless,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_9_13">senseless, and foolish.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_14"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.9.14" class="v20_9_14">14</span>She sits in front of her house</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_14">and on the highest hills</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_9_14">in the town.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_15"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.9.15" class="v20_9_15">15</span>She shouts to everyone</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_9_15">who passes by,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_16"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.9.16" class="v20_9_16">16</span>“If you are stupid,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_9_16">come on inside!”</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_16">And to every fool she says,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_9_17"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.9.17" class="v20_9_17">17</span>“Stolen water tastes best,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_17">and the food you eat in secret</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_9_17">tastes best of all.”</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_18"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.9.18" class="v20_9_18">18</span>None who listen to Stupidity</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v20_9_18">understand that her guests</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v20_9_18">are as good as dead.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">9.10 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the beginning of wisdom: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “what wisdom is all about.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">9.13 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Stupidity: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “A foolish woman.”</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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