Proverbs 9:1-9 ▼

1 Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars;

2 she hath slaughtered her cattle, she hath mingled her wine, she hath also prepared her table;

3 she hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the summits of the high places of the city,

4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. To him that is void of understanding, she saith,

5 Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled.

6 Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence.

7 He that instructeth a scorner getteth to himself shame; and he that reproveth a wicked [man] [getteth] to himself a blot.

8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise [man], and he will love thee.

9 Impart to a wise [man], and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous [man], and he will increase learning.