Chapter Text
9:1 Wisedome hath built her house, and hewen out her seuen pillars.
9:2 She hath killed her vitailes, drawen her wine, and prepared her table.
9:3 She hath sent forth her maydens and cryeth vpon the highest places of the citie, saying,
9:4 Who so is simple, let him come hither, and to him that is destitute of wisedome, she sayth,
9:5 Come, and eate of my meate, and drinke of the wine that I haue drawen.
9:6 Forsake your way, ye foolish, and ye shall liue: and walke in the way of vnderstanding.
9:7 He that reproueth a scorner, purchaseth to himselfe shame: and he that rebuketh the wicked, getteth himselfe a blot.
9:8 Rebuke not a scorner, least he hate thee: but rebuke a wise man, and he will loue thee.
9:9 Giue admonition to the wise, and he will be the wiser: teache a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
9:10 The beginning of wisedome is the feare of the Lord, and the knowledge of holy things, is vnderstanding.
9:11 For thy dayes shalbe multiplied by me, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe augmented.
9:12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thy selfe, and if thou be a scorner, thou alone shalt suffer.
9:13 A foolish woman is troublesome: she is ignorant, and knoweth nothing.
9:14 But she sitteth at the doore of her house on a seate in the hie places of the citie,
9:15 To call them that passe by the way, that go right on their way, saying,
9:16 Who so is simple, let him come hither, and to him that is destitute of wisedome, shee sayth also,
9:17 Stollen waters are sweete, and hid bread is pleasant.
9:18 But he knoweth not, that ye dead are there, and that her ghestes are in the depth of hell.