Proverbs 9

Proverbs 8 Proverbs 10

Proverbs 91599 Geneva Bible (GNV)

9 2 Wisdom calleth all to her feast. 7 The scorner will not be corrected. 10 The fear of God. 13 The conditions of the harlot.

¹Wisdom hath built her ^[a]house, and hewn out her ^[b]seven pillars.

²She hath killed her victuals, drawn her wine, and ^[c]prepared her table.

³She hath sent forth her ^[d]maidens, and crieth upon the highest places of the city, saying,

⁴Who so is ^[e]simple, let him come hither, and to him that is destitute of wisdom, she saith,

⁵Come, and eat of my ^[f]meat, and drink of the wine that I have drawn.

⁶Forsake your way, ye foolish, and ye shall live: and walk in the way of understanding.

⁷He that reproveth a scorner, purchaseth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh the wicked, getteth himself a ^[g]blot.

⁸Rebuke not a ^[h]scorner, lest he hate thee: but rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

⁹Give admonition to the wise, and he will be the wiser: teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

¹⁰The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord, and the knowledge of holy things, is ^[i]understanding.

¹¹For thy days shall be multiplied by me, and the years of thy life shall be augmented.

¹²If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for ^[j]thyself, and if thou be a scorner, thou alone shalt suffer.

¹³¶ A ^[k]foolish woman is troublesome; she is ignorant and knoweth nothing.

¹⁴But she sitteth at the door of her house on a seat in the high places of the city,

¹⁵To call them that pass by the way, that go right on their way, saying,

¹⁶Who so is simple let him come hither, and to him that is destitute of wisdom, she saith also,

¹⁷Stolen waters are sweet, and hid bread is pleasant.

¹⁸But he knoweth not, that the dead are there, and that her guests are in the depth of hell.

Footnotes:

Proverbs 9:1 Christ hath prepared him a Church.
Proverbs 9:1 That is, many chief stays and principal parts of his Church, as were the Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, Pastors, and Doctors.
Proverbs 9:2 He compareth wisdom with great princes that keep open house for all that come.
Proverbs 9:3 Meaning, true preachers, which are not infected with man’s wisdom.
Proverbs 9:4 He that knoweth his own ignorance, and is void of malice.
Proverbs 9:5 By the meat and drink, is meant the word of God, and the ministration of the Sacraments, whereby God nourisheth his servants in his house, which is the Church.
Proverbs 9:7 For the wicked will contemn him and labor to defame him.
Proverbs 9:8 Meaning them that are incorrigible, which Christ calleth dogs and swine: or he speaketh this in comparison, not that the wicked should not be rebuked, but he showeth their malice, and the small hope of profit.
Proverbs 9:10 He showeth what true understanding is, to know the will of God in his word which is meant by holy things.
Proverbs 9:12 Thou shalt have the chief profit and commodity thereof.
Proverbs 9:13 By the foolish woman, some understand the wicked preachers, who counterfeit the word of God: as appeareth verse 16, which were the words of the true preachers, as verse 4, but their doctrine is but as stolen waters: meaning, that they are but men’s traditions, which are more pleasant to the flesh than the word of God, and therefore they themselves boast thereof.

1599 Geneva Bible (GNV)

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