# Proverbs 9

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/9

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. Wisdom built her house; she hewed her seven pillars.
2. She has slaughtered her beast, mixed her wine, and also arranged her table.
3. She has sent her maidens; she calls from the topmost heights of the city.
4. Whoever is simple, let him turn here; she says to him who lacks sense,
5. Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine I have mixed.
6. Abandon the simple and live; walk in the way of understanding.
7. Whoever corrects a scoffer receives dishonor for himself; whoever reproves a wicked man receives a blemish for himself.
8. Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
9. Impart to a wise man, and he will be wiser still; advise a righteous man, and he will add learning.
10. The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the holy ones is understanding.
11. For by me your days will multiply, and years of life will be added to you.
12. If you become wise, you are wise for your own sake; but if you scorn, you alone will bear it.
13. A foolish woman is clamorous, simple, and knows nothing.
14. She sits at her house's entrance, on a seat in the city's heights.
15. to call to those passing by on the road, those going straight on their paths,
16. Whoever is simple, let him turn in here; she says to him who lacks sense.
17. Stolen waters are sweet, and secret bread is pleasant.
18. But he does not know that the dead are there, her guests in the depths of Sheol.

## Nearby chapters

[Proverbs 8](https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/8.md)
[Proverbs 10](https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/10.md)

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