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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 Lamsa Bible</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" 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="../">Lamsa</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">Lamsa Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/9-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/9-1.htm#aramaic"><b>1</b></a></span>WISDOM has built her house, she has set up in it seven pillars;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/9-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mingled her wine; she has also prepared her table.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/9-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>She has sent forth her servants to cry out upon the highest places and say,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/9-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>Whosoever is simple, let him come to me; as for him who lacks understanding, she said to him,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/9-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine which I have mingled.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/9-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>Forsake folly, and live; and go in the way of understanding.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/9-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>Correction for a bad man brings disgrace; the wicked man is rebuked by his own blemish.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/9-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>Reprove not a bad man, lest he hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/9-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>Give an opportunity to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/9-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>The reverence of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the righteous is understanding.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/9-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>For by her your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/9-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>My son, if you are wise, you are wise for yourself and for your friends; but if you are evil-minded, you alone shall bear your evils;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/9-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>He who denies things falsely feeds on winds and pursues fowl of the air; for he has forsaken the way to his vineyard and the paths of his labor, to journey in the wilderness without water; in the places that are trodden he travels thirsty and gains nothing.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/9-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>A foolish woman is enticing; she does not know what shame is; she sits at the door of her home on a high seat,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/9-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>She calls those who pass by, who go right on their ways;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/9-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>She says, He who is simple, let him come to me; and as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/9-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>Stolen waters are sweet and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/9-18.htm#aramaic"><b>18</b></a></span>But he does not know that the mighty men perish with her and that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. Now rise up, and do not abide in that place; do not cast your eye at her; thus pass by the waters of strangers; cross over a strange river, and turn away from the waters of strangers; you shall not drink of the waters of strangers. For in doing so a multitude of days and years of life shall be added to you.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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