{"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/web/proverbs/9","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T21:52:53.433Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","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 carved out her seven pillars."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city:"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"|Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!| As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"|Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.|"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"To call to those who pass by, who go straight on their ways,"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"|Whoever is simple, let him turn in here.| as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"|Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.|"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"But he doesn't know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 9 (WEB)","markdown":"[Proverbs 9](https://primebible.com/web/proverbs/9)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/proverbs/9 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}