{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/proverbs/9","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T13:58:58.749Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":9,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":8,"nextChapter":10,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":18},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine; she has also furnished her table."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"She has sent forth her maidens: she cries on the highest places of the city,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: as for him that wants understanding, she said to him,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He that reproves a scorner gets to himself shame: and he that rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"If you be wise, you shall be wise for yourself: but if you scorn, you alone shall bear it."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knows nothing."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"To call passengers who go right on their ways:"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him that wants understanding, she said to him,"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"But he knows not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 9 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Proverbs 9](https://primebible.com/akjv/proverbs/9)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/proverbs/9 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}