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Proverbs
Chapter
09
1
Wisdom
[Divine Viewpoint - subject continues from the Great Chapter 8]
has
built her house . . .
she
has hewn out her seven pillars.
2
She has killed her beasts . . .
she
has mingled her wine . . .
she
has also furnished her table.
3
She has sent forth her maidens . . .
she
cried upon the highest places of the city.
4-5
Whosoever is simple . . .
let
him turn in hither.
As
for him who wants understanding,
she
said to him, 5
"Come,
eat of my bread,
and
drink of the wine which I have mingled."
6 Forsake the foolish, and live.
And go in the way of understanding.
7 He that reproves a scorner gets to himself shame.
And he who rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot.
8 Reprove not a scorner . . . lest he hate you.
Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser.
Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
10
The "respect/fear of Jehovah/God"/"Occupation with God"
is
the beginning of wisdom.
And the knowledge of the Holy/'Holy One' is understanding.
11
For by me your days shall be multiplied,
and
the years of your life shall be increased.
12 If you be wise, you shall be wise for yourself.
But if you scorn, you alone shall bear it.
13 A foolish woman is clamorous/'a loud uproar of noise'.
She is simple, and knows nothing.
14-15
For she sits at the door of her house,
on
a seat in the high places of the city . . . 15
to
call passengers who go right on their ways.
16-17 Whosoever is simple, let him turn in hither.
And
as for him who wants understanding, she said to him, 17
"Stolen
waters are sweet . . . and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
18
But he knows not that the dead are there . . .
and
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol/hades.
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