Proverbs 9 1599 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹² If 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.

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

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

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

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

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