# Proverbs 9 (New King James Version)
The Way of Wisdom

##### Chapter 9
###### 1 Wisdom has built her house,  
She has hewn out her seven pillars;  

###### 2 She has slaughtered her meat,  
She has mixed her wine,  
She has also furnished her table.  

###### 3 She has sent out her maidens,  
She cries out from the highest places of the city,  

###### 4 "Whoever _is_ simple, let him turn in here!"  
_As for_ him who lacks understanding, she says to him,  

###### 5 "Come, eat of my bread  
And drink of the wine I have mixed.  

###### 6 Forsake foolishness and live,  
And go in the way of understanding.

###### 7 "He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself,  
And he who rebukes a wicked _man only_ harms himself.  

###### 8 Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you;  
Rebuke a wise _man,_ and he will love you.  

###### 9 Give _instruction_ to a wise _man,_ and he will be still 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 One _is_ understanding.  

###### 11 For by me your days will be multiplied,  
And years of life will be added to you.  

###### 12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,  
And _if_ you scoff, you will bear _it_ alone."The Way of Folly

###### 13 A foolish woman is clamorous;  
_She is_ simple, and knows nothing.  

###### 14 For she sits at the door of her house,  
On a seat _by_ the highest places of the city,  

###### 15 To call to those who pass by,  
Who go straight on their way:  

###### 16 "Whoever _is_ simple, let him turn in here";  
And _as for_ him who lacks understanding, she says to him,  

###### 17 "Stolen water is sweet,  
And bread _eaten_ in secret is pleasant."  

###### 18 But he does not know that the dead _are_ there,  
_That_ her guests _are_ in the depths of hell.