Proverbs 9

¹Wisdom hath builded her house,

²She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine;

³She hath sent forth her maidens:

⁴Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither:

⁵Come, eat of my bread,

⁶Forsake the foolish, and live;

⁷He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame:

⁸Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee:

⁹Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser:

¹⁰The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom:

¹¹For by me thy days shall be multiplied,

¹²If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself:

¹³A foolish woman is clamorous:

¹⁴For she sitteth at the door of her house,

¹⁵To call passengers

¹⁶Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither:

¹⁷Stolen waters are sweet,

¹⁸But he knoweth not that the dead are there;