Proverbs 9
International Children’s Bible
Being Wise or Foolish
9 Wisdom has built her house.
She has made its seven columns.
2 She has prepared her food and wine.
She has set her table.
3 She has sent out her servant girls.
She calls out from the highest place in the city.
4 She says to those who are not wise,
“Come in here, you foolish people!
5 Come and eat my food.
And drink the wine I have prepared.
6 Stop your foolish ways, and you will live.
Be a person of understanding.
7 “If you correct someone who makes fun of wisdom, you will get insulted.
If you correct an evil person, you will get hurt.
8 Do not correct someone who makes fun of wisdom, or he will hate you.
But correct a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Teach a wise man, and he will become even wiser.
Teach a good man, and he will learn even more.
10 “Wisdom begins with respect for the Lord.
And understanding begins with knowing God, the Holy One.
11 If you live wisely, you will live a long time.
Wisdom will add years to your life.
12 The wise person is rewarded by his wisdom.
But a person who makes fun of wisdom will suffer for it.”
13 Foolishness is like a loud woman.
She does not have wisdom or knowledge.
14 She sits at the door of her house.
It is at the highest place in the city.
15 She calls out to those who are passing by.
They are minding their own business.
16 She says to those who are not wise,
“Come in here, you foolish people!
17 Stolen water is sweeter.
Stolen food tastes better.”
18 But these people don’t know that everyone dies who goes there.
They don’t realize that her guests are deep in the grave.
Proverbes 9
Louis Segond
9 La sagesse a bâti sa maison, Elle a taillé ses sept colonnes.
2 Elle a égorgé ses victimes, mêlé son vin, Et dressé sa table.
3 Elle a envoyé ses servantes, elle crie Sur le sommet des hauteurs de la ville:
4 Que celui qui est stupide entre ici! Elle dit à ceux qui sont dépourvus de sens:
5 Venez, mangez de mon pain, Et buvez du vin que j'ai mêlé;
6 Quittez la stupidité, et vous vivrez, Et marchez dans la voie de l'intelligence!
7 Celui qui reprend le moqueur s'attire le dédain, Et celui qui corrige le méchant reçoit un outrage.
8 Ne reprends pas le moqueur, de crainte qu'il ne te haïsse; Reprends le sage, et il t'aimera.
9 Donne au sage, et il deviendra plus sage; Instruis le juste, et il augmentera son savoir.
10 Le commencement de la sagesse, c'est la crainte de l'Éternel; Et la science des saints, c'est l'intelligence.
11 C'est par moi que tes jours se multiplieront, Et que les années de ta vie augmenteront.
12 Si tu es sage, tu es sage pour toi; Si tu es moqueur, tu en porteras seul la peine.
13 La folie est une femme bruyante, Stupide et ne sachant rien.
14 Elle s'assied à l'entrée de sa maison, Sur un siège, dans les hauteurs de la ville,
15 Pour crier aux passants, Qui vont droit leur chemin:
16 Que celui qui est stupide entre ici! Elle dit à celui qui est dépourvu de sens:
17 Les eaux dérobées sont douces, Et le pain du mystère est agréable!
18 Et il ne sait pas que là sont les morts, Et que ses invités sont dans les vallées du séjour des morts.
Proverbs 9
Jubilee Bible 2000
9 ¶ Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out her seven pillars:
2 She has killed her sacrifice; she has mingled her wine; and she has furnished her table.
3 She has sent forth her maidens; she cries upon the highest places of the city,
4 whosoever is simple, let him turn in here; as for those that lack understanding, {Heb. lacking of heart} she saith unto him,
5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
6 Forsake that which is foolish and live and go in the way of understanding.
7 He that chastens a scorner brings shame unto himself, and he that chastens a wicked man brings himself a blot.
8 Chasten not a scorner lest he hate thee; chasten 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 knows nothing.
14 For she sits at the door of her house on a seat in the high places of the city
15 to call to those who pass by the way, to those who straighten their ways;
16 Whosoever is simple, let him turn in here; and as for him that lacks understanding, she saith unto him:
17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
18 But he does not know that the dead are there and that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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