Proverbs 9 | ASV Bible Study

Proverbs 9:1 (ASV)
Wisdom hath builded her house; She hath hewn out her seven pillars:

Proverbs 9:2 (ASV)
She hath killed her beasts; She hath mingled her wine; She hath also furnished her table:

Proverbs 9:3 (ASV)
She hath sent forth her maidens; She crieth upon the highest places of the city:

Proverbs 9:4 (ASV)
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

Proverbs 9:5 (ASV)
Come, eat ye of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled.

Proverbs 9:6 (ASV)
Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.

Proverbs 9:7 (ASV)
He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man `getteth' himself a blot.

Proverbs 9:8 (ASV)
Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

Proverbs 9:9 (ASV)
Give `instruction' to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

Proverbs 9:10 (ASV)
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Proverbs 9:11 (ASV)
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.

Proverbs 9:12 (ASV)
If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.

Proverbs 9:13 (ASV)
The foolish woman is clamorous; `She is' simple, and knoweth nothing.

Proverbs 9:14 (ASV)
And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,

Proverbs 9:15 (ASV)
To call to them that pass by, Who go right on their ways:

Proverbs 9:16 (ASV)
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

Proverbs 9:17 (ASV)
Stolen waters are sweet, And bread `eaten' in secret is pleasant.

Proverbs 9:18 (ASV)
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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