Proverbs 9 | BSB Bible Study

Proverbs 9:1 (BSB)
Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.

Proverbs 9:2 (BSB)
She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

Proverbs 9:3 (BSB)
She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.

Proverbs 9:4 (BSB)
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

Proverbs 9:5 (BSB)
“Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.

Proverbs 9:6 (BSB)
Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

Proverbs 9:7 (BSB)
He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.

Proverbs 9:8 (BSB)
Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

Proverbs 9:9 (BSB)
Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.

Proverbs 9:10 (BSB)
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Proverbs 9:11 (BSB)
For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.

Proverbs 9:12 (BSB)
If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.

Proverbs 9:13 (BSB)
The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.

Proverbs 9:14 (BSB)
She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,

Proverbs 9:15 (BSB)
calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.

Proverbs 9:16 (BSB)
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

Proverbs 9:17 (BSB)
“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”

Proverbs 9:18 (BSB)
But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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