Proverbs 9 — FBV

9Verse 1Wisdom has built her house; she has prepared its seven pillars.^{Verse 2}She has slaughtered her animals for meat; she has mixed⁺her wine; and she has set her table.^{Verse 3}She has sent out her servant girls with invitations.⁺She calls out from the highest places of the town,^{Verse 4}“Everybody who needs to learn, come and see me!” To people who don't have any sense she says,^{Verse 5}“Come, eat my food, and drink the wine I have mixed.^{Verse 6}Leave your foolish ways and you will live; follow the path that makes sense.”^{Verse 7}If you correct a mocker all you get are insults; if you argue with the wicked all you get is abuse.^{Verse 8}So don't argue with mockers or they'll only hate you; argue with the wise and they'll love you.^{Verse 9}Educate the wise and they'll become even wiser; teach those who live right and they will increase their learning.^{Verse 10}Honoring the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; knowledge of the Holy One brings insight.^{Verse 11}Through wisdom you'll have many more days, increasing the years of your life.^{Verse 12}If you are wise, you are the one to profit from it; if you scoff, you alone will have to suffer the consequences.^{Verse 13}Stupidity is like a loud, ignorant woman who doesn't know anything.^{Verse 14}She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the town,^{Verse 15}calling out to those passing by, going about their business,^{Verse 16}“Everybody who needs to learn, come and see me!” To people who don't have any sense she says,^{Verse 17}“Stolen water is sweet, and food eaten in secret tastes good!”^{Verse 18}But they don't know that the dead are there, that those she's invited are in the depths of the grave.