Proverbs 9:1-9 ▼

1 Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars;

2 She has prepared her food, she has mixed her wine; She has also set her table;

3 She has sent out her maidens, she calls From the tops of the heights of the city:

4 |Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!| To him who lacks understanding she says,

5 |Come, eat of my food And drink of the wine I have mixed.

6 |Forsake [your] folly and live, And proceed in the way of understanding.|

7 He who corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself, And he who reproves a wicked man [gets] insults for himself.

8 Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you, Reprove a wise man and he will love you.

9 Give [instruction] to a wise man and he will be still wiser, Teach a righteous man and he will increase [his] learning.