Douay Bible - Proverbs Chapter 9

Proverbs 9:1
Wisdom hath built herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven pillars.

Proverbs 9:2
She hath slain her victims, mingled her wine, and set forth her table.

Proverbs 9:3
She hath sent her maids to invite to the tower, and to the walls of the city:

Proverbs 9:4
Whosoever is a little one, let him come to me. And to the unwise she said:

Proverbs 9:5
Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you.

Proverbs 9:6
Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence.

Proverbs 9:7
He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself: and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.

Proverbs 9:8
Rebuke not a scorner lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Proverbs 9:9
Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.

Proverbs 9:10
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.

Proverbs 9:11
For by me shall thy days be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.

Proverbs 9:12
If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.

Proverbs 9:13
A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all,

Proverbs 9:14
Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city,

Proverbs 9:15
To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey:

Proverbs 9:16
He that is a little one, let him turn to me. And to the fool she said:

Proverbs 9:17
Stolen waters are sweeter, and hid den bread is more pleasant.

Proverbs 9:18
And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell. The parables of Solomon