Wisdom versus Foolishness
1 Wisdom has built her house; 9:1 Pr 14:1; Eph 2:20–22; 1Pt 2:5
she has carved out her seven pillars.
2 She has prepared her meat; 9:2 Mt 22:4 she has mixed her wine; 9:2 Sg 8:2
she has also set her table. 9:2 Lk 14:17
3 She has sent out her female servants; 9:3 Ps 68:11; Mt 22:3
she calls out from the highest points of the city: 9:3 Pr 8:2–3; 9:14–15; Mt 10:27
4 "Whoever is inexperienced, enter here! "
To the one who lacks sense, 9:4 Pr 6:32 she says,
5 "Come, eat my bread, 9:5 Is 55:1; Jn 6:27,51
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. 9:7 Lit man: his blemish
8 Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; 9:8 Pr 15:12; Mt 7:6
rebuke the wise, and he will love you. 9:8 Ps 141:5
9 Instruct the wise, and he will be wiser still;
teach the righteous, and he will learn more. 9:9 Pr 1:5; 16:21,23
10 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, 9:10 Jb 28:28; Ps 111:10; Pr 1:7; 15:33
and the knowledge of the Holy One 9:10 Pr 30:3; Hs 11:12; Rv 16:5 is understanding.
11 For by me 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; 9:12 Jb 22:2
if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences."
13 Folly is a rowdy woman; 9:13 Pr 7:11
she is gullible and knows nothing. 9:13 Pr 5:6
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: 9:14–15 Pr 7:11–12; 9:3–4
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! " 9:17 Pr 20:17
18 But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, 9:18 Pr 2:18; 21:16
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. 9:18 Pr 5:5; 7:27
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