Berean Standard Bible

Proverbs 9:4-16

4“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.5“Come, eat my bread and 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 wisdom1 your days will be multiplied,and years will be added to your life.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.

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1. Proverbs 9:11 LXX, Syriac, and Aramaic Targum; Hebrew through me ↩

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