Proverbs 9 — GMV

9 Wisdom has built a house for herself, ² She has killed her beasts; ³ She has sent forth her servants, ⁴ Whoso is foolish, let him turn aside to me: ⁵ Come, eat of my bread, ⁶ Leave folly, that ye may reign forever; ⁷ He that reproves evil men shall get dishonor to himself; ⁸ Rebuke not evil men, lest they should hate thee: ⁹ Give an opportunity to a wise man, and he will be wiser: ¹⁰ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, For to know the law is the character of a sound mind. ¹¹ For in this way thou shalt live long, ¹² Son, if thou be wise for thyself, thou shalt also be wise for thy neighbors; He that stays himself upon falsehoods, attempts to rule the winds, For he has forsaken the ways of his own vineyard, And he goes through a dry desert, ¹³ A foolish and bold woman, who knows not modesty, ¹⁴ She sits at the doors of her house, ¹⁵ Calling to passers by, ¹⁶ saying, ¹⁷ Take and enjoy secret bread, ¹⁸ But he knows that mighty men die by her, But hasten away, delay not in the place, For thus shalt thou go through strange water; But do thou abstain from strange water, That thou mayest live long,