Berean Standard Bible

Proverbs 9

(Proverbs 1:1–7)

1Wisdom has built her house;she has carved out1 her seven pillars.2She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine;she has also set her table.3She has sent out her maidservants;she calls out from the heights of the city.4“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”she says to him who lacks judgment.5“Come, eat my breadand drink the wine I have mixed.6Leave your folly behind, and you will live;walk in the way of understanding.”

7He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself;he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.8Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you;rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still;teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.

10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.11For through wisdom2 your days will be multiplied,and years will be added to your life.

The Way of Folly

12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.

13The woman named Folly is loud;she is naive and knows nothing.14She sits at the door of her house,on a seat in the heights of the city,15calling out to those who pass by,who make their paths straight.16“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”she says to him who lacks judgment.17“Stolen water is sweet,and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”18But they do not know that the dead3 are there,that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Notes

1. Proverbs 9:1 Hebrew; LXX, Syriac, and Aramaic Targum has set up ↩
2. Proverbs 9:11 LXX, Syriac, and Aramaic Targum; Hebrew through me ↩
3. Proverbs 9:18 Hebrew the Rephaim ↩

(Proverbs 1:1–7)

The Way of Folly

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Commentaries on Proverbs 9