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<p class="indent2"> she has carved out<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> her seven pillars. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; <p class="indent2"> she has also set her table. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>She has sent out her maidservants; <p class="indent2"> she calls out from the heights of the city. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” <p class="indent2"> she says to him who lacks judgment. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Come, eat my bread <p class="indent2"> and drink the wine I have mixed. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Leave your folly behind, and you will live; <p class="indent2"> walk in the way of understanding.” <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; <p class="indent2"> he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; <p class="indent2"> rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; <p class="indent2"> teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, <p class="indent2"> and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For through wisdom<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> your days will be multiplied, <p class="indent2"> and years will be added to your life. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; <p class="indent2"> but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences. <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">The Way of Folly<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The woman named Folly is loud; <p class="indent2"> she is naive and knows nothing. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>She sits at the door of her house, <p class="indent2"> on a seat in the heights of the city, <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>calling out to those who pass by, <p class="indent2"> who make their paths straight. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” <p class="indent2"> she says to him who lacks judgment. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Stolen water is sweet, <p class="indent2"> and bread eaten in secret is tasty!” <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But they do not know that the dead<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> are there, <p class="indent2"> that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Hebrew; LXX, Syriac, and Aramaic Targum <i>has set up</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> LXX, Syriac, and Aramaic Targum; Hebrew <i>through me</i><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Hebrew <i>the Rephaim</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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