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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 Literal Standard Version</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><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" src="../topmenuchap/proverbs/9-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSV</a> > Proverbs 9</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/8.htm" title="Proverbs 8">◄</a> Proverbs 9 <a href="../proverbs/10.htm" title="Proverbs 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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Literal Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/9-1.htm#aramaic" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Wisdom has built her house, "" She has hewn out her pillars—seven.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>She has slaughtered her slaughter, "" She has mingled her wine, "" Indeed, she has arranged her table.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>She has sent forth her girls, "" She cries on the tops of the high places of the city:<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Who [is] simple? Let him turn aside here.” Whoever lacks heart: she has said to him,<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Come, eat of my bread, "" And drink of the wine I have mingled.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Forsake the simple and live, "" And be blessed in the way of understanding.”<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The instructor of a scorner "" Is receiving for it—shame, "" And a reprover of the wicked—his blemish.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Do not reprove a scorner, lest he hate you, "" Give reproof to the wise, and he loves you.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, "" Make known to the righteous, "" And he increases learning.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The commencement of wisdom [is] the fear of YHWH, "" And a knowledge of the Holy Ones [is] understanding.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For by me your days multiply, "" And years of life are added to you.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>If you have been wise, you have been wise for yourself, "" And you have scorned—you bear [it] alone.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>A foolish woman [is] noisy, "" Simple, and has not known what.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And she has sat at the opening of her house, "" On a throne—the high places of the city,<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>To call to those passing by the way, "" Who are going straight [on] their paths.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Who [is] simple? Let him turn aside here.” And whoever lacks heart—she said to him,<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Stolen waters are sweet, "" And hidden bread is pleasant.”<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And he has not known that Rephaim [are] there, "" Her invited ones in deep places of Sheol!<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. 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