Proverbs 9:1-9 ▼

1 Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.

2 She has prepared her meat; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

3 She has sent out her female servants; she calls out from the highest points of the city:

4 “Whoever is inexperienced, enter here! ” To the one who lacks sense, she says,

5 “Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine I have mixed.

6 Leave inexperience behind, and you will live; pursue the way of understanding.

7 The one who corrects a mocker will bring abuse on himself; the one who rebukes the wicked will get hurt.

8 Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke the wise, and he will love you.

9 Instruct the wise, and he will be wiser still; teach the righteous, and he will learn more.