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Proverbs 9

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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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 dishonor on himself; the one who rebukes a wicked man will get hurt. [1]

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

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

¹⁰ “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, ⓛ and the knowledge of the Holy One ⓜ is understanding.

¹¹ For by Wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.

¹² If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit; ⓝ if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences.”

¹³ The woman Folly is rowdy; ⓞ she is gullible and knows nothing. ⓟ

¹⁴ She sits by the doorway of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,

¹⁵ calling to those who pass by, who go straight ahead on their paths: ⓠ

¹⁶ “Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!” To the one who lacks sense, she says,

¹⁷ “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten secretly is tasty!” ⓡ

¹⁸ But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, ⓢ that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. ⓣ

#	HCSB
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 dishonor on himself; the one who rebukes a wicked man will get hurt. [1]
8	Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; ⓘ rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. ⓙ
9	Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will learn more. ⓚ
10	“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, ⓛ and the knowledge of the Holy One ⓜ is understanding.
11	For by Wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
12	If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit; ⓝ if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences.”
13	The woman Folly is rowdy; ⓞ she is gullible and knows nothing. ⓟ
14	She sits by the doorway of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
15	calling to those who pass by, who go straight ahead on their paths: ⓠ
16	“Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!” To the one who lacks sense, she says,
17	“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten secretly is tasty!” ⓡ
18	But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, ⓢ that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. ⓣ

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