{"book":"Proverbs","slug":"proverbs","ch":9,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Proverbs","prev":"proverbs/8","next":"proverbs/10","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.","f":["Hebrew; LXX, Syriac, and Aramaic Targum has set up"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Wisdom has built her house;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"she has carved out her seven pillars."}],"h":"The Way of Wisdom","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"She has prepared her meat [and] mixed her wine; she has also set her table.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"She has prepared her meat [and] mixed her wine;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"she has also set her table."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"She has sent out her maidservants; she calls out from the heights of the city.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"She has sent out her maidservants;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"she calls out from the heights of the city."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"“ Whoever [is] simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"“ Whoever [is] simple, let him turn in here!”"},{"style":"indent2","t":"she says to him who lacks judgment."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"“ Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"“ Come, eat my bread"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and drink the wine I have mixed."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Leave your folly behind, and you will live;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"walk in the way of understanding.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked [man] taints himself.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he who rebukes a wicked [man] taints himself."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise [man], and he will love you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"rebuke a wise [man], and he will love you."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase [his] learning.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"teach a righteous man, and he will increase [his] learning."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":11,"t":"For through [wisdom] your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.","f":["LXX, Syriac, and Aramaic Targum; Hebrew through me"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For through [wisdom] your days will be multiplied,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and years will be added to your life."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear [the consequences].","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but if you scoff, you alone will bear [the consequences]."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"The woman [named] Folly is loud; [she is] naive and knows nothing.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The woman [named] Folly is loud;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[she is] naive and knows nothing."}],"h":"The Way of Folly","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"She sits at the door of her house,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"on a seat in the heights of the city,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths {straight}.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"calling out to those who pass by,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who make their paths {straight}."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"“ Whoever [is] simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"“ Whoever [is] simple, let him turn in here!”"},{"style":"indent2","t":"she says to him who lacks judgment."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"“ Stolen water is sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is tasty!”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"“ Stolen water is sweet,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and bread [eaten] in secret is tasty!”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests [are] in the depths of Sheol.","f":["Hebrew the Rephaim"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But they do not know that the dead are there,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that her guests [are] in the depths of Sheol."}],"style":"indent1"}]}