Proverbs 9 NIV NLT Parallel

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1Wisdom has built her house; she has set up its seven pillars.

1Wisdom has built her house; she has carved its seven columns.

2She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

2She has prepared a great banquet, mixed the wines, and set the table.

3She has sent out her servants, and she calls from the highest point of the city,

3She has sent her servants to invite everyone to come. She calls out from the heights overlooking the city.

4"Let all who are simple come to my house!" To those who have no sense she says,

4“Come in with me,” she urges the simple. To those who lack good judgment, she says,

5"Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.

5“Come, eat my food, and drink the wine I have mixed.

6Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight."

6Leave your simple ways behind, and begin to live; learn to use good judgment.”

7Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults; whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.

7Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get an insult in return. Anyone who corrects the wicked will get hurt.

8Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you.

8So don’t bother correcting mockers; they will only hate you. But correct the wise, and they will love you.

9Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.

9Instruct the wise, and they will be even wiser. Teach the righteous, and they will learn even more.

10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

10Fear of the LORD is the foundation of wisdom. Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment.

11For through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.

11Wisdom will multiply your days and add years to your life.

12If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.

12If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit. If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer. Folly Calls for a Hearing

13Folly is an unruly woman; she is simple and knows nothing.

13The woman named Folly is brash. She is ignorant and doesn’t know it.

14She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,

14She sits in her doorway on the heights overlooking the city.

15calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way,

15She calls out to men going by who are minding their own business.

16"Let all who are simple come to my house!" To those who have no sense she says,

16“Come in with me,” she urges the simple. To those who lack good judgment, she says,

17"Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!"

17“Stolen water is refreshing; food eaten in secret tastes the best!”

18But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.

18But little do they know that the dead are there. Her guests are in the depths of the grave.