{"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/drb/proverbs/9","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T09:23:18.546Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":9,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":8,"nextChapter":10,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":18},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Wisdom hath built herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven pillars. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"She hath slain her victims, mingled her wine, and set forth her table. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"She hath sent her maids to invite to the tower, and to the walls of the city: "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Whosoever is a little one, let him come to me. And to the unwise she said: "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself: and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Rebuke not a scorner lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For by me shall thy days be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all, "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city, "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey: "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"He that is a little one, let him turn to me. And to the fool she said: "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Stolen waters are sweeter, and hid den bread is more pleasant. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell.  The Parables of Solomon "}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 9 (DRB)","markdown":"[Proverbs 9](https://primebible.com/drb/proverbs/9)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/proverbs/9 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}