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World English Bible

Proverbs 9 (WEBP)

[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 maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city:
[4] “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
[5] “Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!
[6] Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”
[7] One who corrects a mocker invites insult. One who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.
[8] Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.
[9] Instruct a wise person, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous person, and he will increase in learning.
[10] The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
[11] For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.
[12] If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
[13] The foolish woman is loud, undisciplined, and knows nothing.
[14] She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
[15] to call to those who pass by, who go straight on their ways,
[16] “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here.” As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
[17] “Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.”
[18] But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Proverbs 9:18 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Proverbs 9 (KJVS)

[1] Wisdom hath builded () her house, She hath hewn out () her seven pillars:
[2] She hath killed () her beasts; she hath mingled () her wine; She hath also furnished () her table.
[3] She hath sent forth () her maidens: she crieth () Upon the highest places of the city,
[4] Whoso is simple, let him turn in () hither: As for him that wanteth understanding, she saith () to him,
[5] Come, () eat () of my bread, And drink () of the wine which I have mingled. ()
[6] Forsake () the foolish, and live; () And go () in the way of understanding.
[7] He that reproveth () a scorner () getteth () to himself shame: And he that rebuketh () a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
[8] Reprove () not a scorner, () lest he hate () thee: Rebuke () a wise man, and he will love () thee.
[9] Give () instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet 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 is understanding.
[11] For by me thy days shall be multiplied, () And the years of thy life shall be increased. ()
[12] If thou be wise, () thou shalt be wise () for thyself: But if thou scornest, () thou alone shalt bear () it.
[13] A foolish woman is clamorous: () She is simple, and knoweth () nothing.
[14] For she sitteth () at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,
[15] To call () passengers () Who go right () on their ways:
[16] Whoso is simple, let him turn in () hither: And as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith () to him,
[17] Stolen () waters are sweet, () And bread eaten in secret is pleasant. ()
[18] But he knoweth () not that the dead are there; And that her guests () are in the depths of hell.

Proverbs 9:2 Heb. her killing
Proverbs 9:17 Heb. of secrecies

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Proverbs 9 (BYZ)

[1] Ἡ () σοφία () ᾠκοδόμησεν () ἑαυτῇ () οἶκον () καὶ () ὑπήρεισεν στύλους () ἑπτά· ()
[2] ἔσφαξεν () τὰ () ἑαυτῆς () θύματα, ἐκέρασεν () εἰς () κρατῆρα τὸν () ἑαυτῆς () οἶνον () καὶ () ἡτοιμάσατο () τὴν () ἑαυτῆς () τράπεζαν· ()
[3] ἀπέστειλεν () τοὺς () ἑαυτῆς () δούλους () συγκαλούσα () μετὰ () ὑψηλοῦ () κηρύγματος () ἐπὶ () κρατῆρα λέγουσα ()
[4] Ὅς () ἐστιν () ἄφρων, () ἐκκλινάτω () πρός () με· () καὶ () τοῖς () ἐνδεέσι () φρενῶν () εἶπεν ()
[5] Ἔλθατε () φάγετε () τῶν () ἐμῶν () ἄρτων () καὶ () πίετε () οἶνον, () ὃν () ἐκέρασα () ὑμῖν· ()
[6] ἀπολείπετε () ἀφροσύνην, () καὶ () ζήσεσθε, () καὶ () ζητήσατε () φρόνησιν, () ἵνα () βιώσητε, () καὶ () κατορθώσατε ἐν () γνώσει () σύνεσιν. ()
[7] Ὁ () παιδεύων () κακοὺς () λήμψεται () ἑαυτῷ () ἀτιμίαν, () ἐλέγχων () δὲ () τὸν () ἀσεβῆ () μωμήσεται () ἑαυτόν. ()
[8] Μὴ () ἔλεγχε () κακούς, () ἵνα () μὴ () μισῶσίν () σε· () ἔλεγχε () σοφόν, () καὶ () ἀγαπήσει () σε. ()
[9] Δίδου () σοφῷ () ἀφορμήν, () καὶ () σοφώτερος () ἔσται· () γνώριζε () δικαίῳ, () καὶ () προσθήσει () τοῦ () δέχεσθαι. ()
[10] Ἀρχὴ () σοφίας () φόβος () κυρίου, () καὶ () βουλὴ () ἁγίων () σύνεσις· () τὸ () γὰρ () γνῶναι () νόμον () διανοίας () ἐστὶν () ἀγαθῆς· ()
[11] τούτῳ () γὰρ () τῷ () τρόπῳ () πολὺν () ζήσεις () χρόνον, () καὶ () προστεθήσεταί () σοι () ἔτη () ζωῆς () σου. ()
[12] Υἱέ, () ἐὰν () σοφὸς () γένῃ () σεαυτῷ, () σοφὸς () ἔσῃ () καὶ () τοῖς () πλησίον· () ἐὰν () δὲ () κακὸς () ἀποβῇς, () μόνος () ἀναντλήσεις κακά. () ὃς () ἐρείδεται () ἐπὶ () ψεύδεσιν, () οὗτος () ποιμανεῖ () ἀνέμους, () ὁ () δ’ () αὐτὸς () διώξεται () ὄρνεα () πετόμενα· () ἀπέλιπεν () γὰρ () ὁδοὺς () τοῦ () ἑαυτοῦ () ἀμπελῶνος, () τοὺς () δὲ () ἄξονας τοῦ () ἰδίου () γεωργίου () πεπλάνηται· () διαπορεύεται () δὲ () δι’ () ἀνύδρου () ἐρήμου () καὶ () γῆν () διατεταγμένην () ἐν () διψώδεσιν, συνάγει () δὲ () χερσὶν () ἀκαρπίαν.
[13] Γυνὴ () ἄφρων () καὶ () θρασεῖα ἐνδεὴς () ψωμοῦ γίνεται, () ἣ () οὐκ () ἐπίσταται () αἰσχύνην· ()
[14] ἐκάθισεν () ἐπὶ () θύραις () τοῦ () ἑαυτῆς () οἴκου () ἐπὶ () δίφρου ἐμφανῶς ἐν () πλατείαις ()
[15] προσκαλουμένη () τοὺς () παριόντας καὶ () κατευθύνοντας () ἐν () ταῖς () ὁδοῖς () αὐτῶν ()
[16] Ὅς () ἐστιν () ὑμῶν () ἀφρονέστατος, () ἐκκλινάτω () πρός () με· () ἐνδεέσι () δὲ () φρονήσεως () παρακελεύομαι λέγουσα ()
[17] Ἄρτων () κρυφίων ἡδέως () ἅψασθε () καὶ () ὕδατος () κλοπῆς () γλυκεροῦ.
[18] Ὁ () δὲ () οὐκ () οἶδεν () ὅτι () γηγενεῖς παρ’ () αὐτῇ () ὄλλυνται, καὶ () ἐπὶ () πέτευρον ᾅδου () συναντᾷ. () ἀλλὰ () ἀποπήδησον, μὴ () ἐγχρονίσῃς ἐν () τῷ () τόπῳ () μηδὲ () ἐπιστήσῃς () τὸ () σὸν () ὄμμα () πρὸς () αὐτήν· () οὕτως () γὰρ () διαβήσῃ () ὕδωρ () ἀλλότριον () καὶ () ὑπερβήσῃ () ποταμὸν () ἀλλότριον· () ἀπὸ () δὲ () ὕδατος () ἀλλοτρίου () ἀπόσχου καὶ () ἀπὸ () πηγῆς () ἀλλοτρίας () μὴ () πίῃς, () ἵνα () πολὺν () ζήσῃς () χρόνον, () προστεθῇ () δέ () σοι () ἔτη () ζωῆς. ()

Proverbs 9:10 Originally verses 9:10 and 9:10a.
Proverbs 9:12 Originally verses 9:12 and 9:12a–c.
Proverbs 9:18 Originally verses 9:18 and 9:18a–d.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.