Proverbs chapter 9 Wisdom has
built her house. She has hewn her seven pillars.
She has slaughtered her beasts. She has mixed her wine. She has
also set her table. She has sent out her young women
to call from the highest places in the town. Whoever is simple,
let him turn in here. To him who lacks sense, she says,
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine I have mixed. Leave
your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight. Whoever corrects a scoffer gets
himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury. Do not reprove a scoffer, or
he will hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will
love you. Give instruction to a wise man,
and he will be still wiser. teach a righteous man, and he
will increase in learning. The fear of the Lord is the beginning
of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. For by me your days will be multiplied,
and years will be added to your life. If you are wise, you are
wise for yourself If you scoff, you alone will bear it." The
woman Folly is loud. She is seductive and knows nothing. She sits at the door of her house.
She takes a seat on the highest places of the town. calling to
those who pass by, who are going straight on their way. Whoever
is simple, let him turn in here. And to him who lacks sense, she
says, stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is
pleasant. But he does not know that the
dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.