King James Bible

Proverbs 8

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Chapter 9

1


 

  Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:  

 

 


2


 

  She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.  

 

 


3


 

  She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,  

 

 


4


 

  Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,  

 

 


5


 

  Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have mingled.  

 

 


6


 

  Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.  

 

 


7


 

  He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.  

 

 


8


 

  Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.  

 

 


9


 

  Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.  

 

 


10


 

  The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.  

 

 


11


 

  For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.  

 

 


12


 

  If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].  

 

 


13


 

  A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing.  

 

 


14


 

  For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,  

 

 


15


 

  To call passengers who go right on their ways:  

 

 


16


 

  Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,  

 

 


17


 

  Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.  

 

 


18


 

  But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.  

 

 


Proverbs 10

 

 

 

 

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