### Darby's English Translation

Proverbs 8

## The Proverbs

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| # Chapter 9
| Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars;
| she hath slaughtered her cattle, she hath mingled her wine, she hath also prepared her table;
| she hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the summits of the high places of the city,
| Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. To him that is void of understanding, she saith,
| Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled.
| Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence.
| He that instructeth a scorner getteth to himself shame; and he that reproveth a wicked [man] [getteth] to himself a blot.
| Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise [man], and he will love thee.
| Impart to a wise [man], and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous [man], and he will increase learning.
| The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the Holy is intelligence.
| For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.
| If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
| The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing.
| And she sitteth at the entry of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
| to call passers-by who go right on their ways:
| Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith,
| Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.
| But he knoweth not that the dead are there; [that] her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Proverbs 10

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