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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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" 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columns.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>She has prepared a great banquet,</p><p class="line2">mixed the wines, and set the table.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>She has sent her servants to invite everyone to come.</p><p class="line2">She calls out from the heights overlooking the city.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Come in with me,” she urges the simple.</p><p class="line2">To those who lack good judgment, she says,</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Come, eat my food,</p><p class="line2">and drink the wine I have mixed.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Leave your simple ways behind, and begin to live;</p><p class="line2">learn to use good judgment.”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get an insult in return.</p><p class="line2">Anyone who corrects the wicked will get hurt.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>So don’t bother correcting mockers;</p><p class="line2">they will only hate you.</p><p class="line1">But correct the wise,</p><p class="line2">and they will love you.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Instruct the wise,</p><p class="line2">and they will be even wiser.</p><p class="line1">Teach the righteous,</p><p class="line2">and they will learn even more.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Fear of the LORD is the foundation of wisdom.</p><p class="line2">Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Wisdom will multiply your days</p><p class="line2">and add years to your life.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit.</p><p class="line2">If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.</p><p class="hdg">Folly Calls for a Hearing</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The woman named Folly is brash.</p><p class="line2">She is ignorant and doesn’t know it.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>She sits in her doorway</p><p class="line2">on the heights overlooking the city.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>She calls out to men going by</p><p class="line2">who are minding their own business.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Come in with me,” she urges the simple.</p><p class="line2">To those who lack good judgment, she says,</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Stolen water is refreshing;</p><p class="line2">food eaten in secret tastes the best!”</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But little do they know that the dead are there.</p><p class="line2">Her guests are in the depths of the grave.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span 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