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Proverbs 9 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Wisdom and Foolishness Call Out

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Wisdom has built her house,

She has hewn out her seven pillars;

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She has [fn]slaughtered her cattle, she has mixed her wine;

She has also prepared her table;

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She has sent out her maidens, she calls

From the tops of the heights of the city:

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“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”

To him who lacks a heart of wisdom she says,

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“Come, eat of my bread

And drink of the wine I have mixed.

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“[fn]Forsake your simplicity and live,

And step into the way of understanding.”

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He who disciplines a scoffer receives disgrace for himself,

And he who reproves a wicked man receives injury for himself.

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Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you,

Reprove a wise man and he will love you.

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Give knowledge to a wise man and he will be still wiser,

Make a righteous man know it and he will increase his learning.

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The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom,

And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

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For by me your days will become many,

And years of life will be added to you.

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If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,

And if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

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The woman of [fn]foolishness is boisterous,

A woman of simplicity, and does not know anything.

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She sits at the doorway of her house,

On a seat by the high places of the city,

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To call to those who pass by that way,

Who are making their paths straight:

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“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here,”

And to him who lacks a heart of wisdom she says,

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“Stolen water is sweet;

And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

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But he does not know that the [fn]dead are there,

That those she called are in the depths of Sheol.

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LSB Footnotes
Lit slaughtered her slaughter
Or Forsake the simple ones
Insolent foolishness of one who fails in wisdom due to willful sin
Lit departed spirits
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