Proverbs 9
Legacy Standard Bible
Wisdom and Foolishness Call Out
9 Wisdom has (A)built her house,
She has hewn out her seven pillars;
2 She has [a](B)slaughtered her cattle, she has (C)mixed her wine;
She has also (D)prepared her table;
3 She has (E)sent out her maidens, she (F)calls
From the (G)tops of the heights of the city:
4 “(H)Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
To him who (I)lacks a heart of wisdom she says,
5 “Come, (J)eat of my bread
And drink of the wine I have mixed.
6 [b]Forsake your simplicity and (K)live,
And (L)step into the way of understanding.”
7 He who (M)disciplines a scoffer receives disgrace for himself,
And he who reproves a wicked man receives injury for himself.
8 (N)Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you,
(O)Reprove a wise man and he will love you.
9 Give knowledge to a wise man and he will be still wiser,
Make a righteous man know it and he will (P)increase his learning.
10 The (Q)fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom,
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11 For (R)by me your days will become many,
And years of life will be added to you.
12 If you are wise, you are wise (S)for yourself,
And if you (T)scoff, you alone will bear it.
13 The woman of [c]foolishness is (U)boisterous,
A woman of simplicity, and (V)does not know anything.
14 She sits at the doorway of her house,
On a seat by (W)the high places of the city,
15 To call to those who pass by that way,
Who are making their paths straight:
16 “(X)Whoever is simple, let him turn in here,”
And to him who lacks a heart of wisdom she says,
17 “Stolen water is sweet;
And (Y)bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
18 But he does not know that the [d]dead are there,
That those she called are in the (Z)depths of Sheol.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 9:2 Lit slaughtered her slaughter
- Proverbs 9:6 Or Forsake the simple ones
- Proverbs 9:13 Insolent foolishness of one who fails in wisdom due to willful sin
- Proverbs 9:18 Lit departed spirits
Proverbios 9
Reina-Valera 1995
La sabiduría y la insensatez
9 La Sabiduría edificó su casa,
labró sus siete columnas,
2 mató sus víctimas, mezcló su vino
y puso su mesa.
3 Envió a sus criadas,
y sobre lo más alto de la ciudad clamó,
4 diciendo a todo ingenuo: «Ven acá»,
y a los insensatos:
5 «Venid, comed de mi pan
y bebed del vino que he mezclado.
6 Dejad vuestras ingenuidades y viviréis;
y andad por el camino de la inteligencia.»
7 El que corrige al escarnecedor, se acarrea afrenta;
el que reprende al malvado, atrae mancha sobre sí.
8 No reprendas al escarnecedor, para que no te aborrezca;
corrige al sabio, y te amará.
9 Da al sabio, y será más sabio;
enseña al justo, y aumentará su saber.
10 El temor de Jehová es el principio de la sabiduría;
el conocimiento del Santísimo es la inteligencia.
11 Porque por mí se aumentarán tus días,
años de vida se te añadirán.
12 Si eres sabio, para ti lo eres;
si eres escarnecedor, sólo tú lo pagarás.
13 La mujer necia es alborotadora,
ingenua e ignorante.
14 Se sienta en una silla a la puerta de su casa,
en los lugares altos de la ciudad,
15 para llamar a los que pasan por el camino,
a los que van derechos por sus sendas,
16 y dice a cualquier ingenuo: «Ven acá»;
y a los faltos de cordura dice:
17 «Las aguas robadas son dulces,
y el pan comido a escondidas es sabroso.»
18 Pero ellos no saben que allí están los muertos,
que sus convidados están en lo profundo del seol.
Proverbs 9
King James Version
9 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
15 To call passengers who go right on their ways:
16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org For Permission to Quote Information visit https://www.LSBible.org.
Copyright © 1995 by United Bible Societies