Proverbs 9:1-11 ▼

1 Wysdome hath buylded her house, and hewen out seuen pillers:

2 She hath kylled her victuals, powred out her wine, and prepared her table:

3 She hath sent foorth her maydens to crye vpon the highest place of the citie,

4 Who so is without knowledge, let him come hither: And to the vnwise she said,

5 O come on your way, eate my bread, and drinke my wine whiche I haue powred out for you.

6 Forsake foolishnes, and ye shall lyue: and see that ye go in the way of vnderstandyng.

7 Whoso reproueth a scornefull person, getteth him selfe dishonour: and he that rebuketh the vngodly, stayneth hym selfe.

8 Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe thee euyll will: but rebuke a wyse man, and he wyll loue thee.

9 Geue a discrete man but an occasion, and he wyll be the wyser: teache a righteous man, and he wyll encrease in knowledge.

10 The feare of the Lorde is the beginning of wisdome: and the knowledge of holy thinges, is vnderstanding.

11 For thorowe me thy dayes shalbe prolonged, and the yeres of thy life shall be many.