{"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/dbt/proverbs/9","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:07:48.747Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":9,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":8,"nextChapter":10,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":18},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars;"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"she hath slaughtered her cattle, she hath mingled her wine, she hath also prepared her table;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"she hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the summits of the high places of the city,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. To him that is void of understanding, she saith,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He that instructeth a scorner getteth to himself shame; and he that reproveth a wicked man getteth to himself a blot."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise man, and he will love thee."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Impart to a wise man, and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase learning."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the Holy is intelligence."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And she sitteth at the entry of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"to call passers-by who go right on their ways:"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith,"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"But he knoweth not that the dead are there; that her guests are in the depths of Sheol."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 9 (DBT)","markdown":"[Proverbs 9](https://primebible.com/dbt/proverbs/9)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/proverbs/9 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}