Proverbs 9 - Meaning, Themes & Application

" Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: "

" She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. "

" She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, "

" Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith "

" Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. "

" Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. "

" He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. "

" Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love "

" Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. "

" The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. "

" For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased. "

" If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear "

" A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. "

" For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, "

" To call passengers who go right on their ways: "

" Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith "

" Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. "

" But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. "