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_Someone suggested that a very nice "wisdom" gift might be Proverb # 9 that corresponds to the "day" of your Special Celebration. We hope that you might find encouraging promises and wisdom principles that resonate with you. These wisdom couplets are brief hints and suggestions for living a nice, long, peaceful & intelligent life. A lot of people live by trial & error; unfortunately, the errors can be wasteful & costly in time, health and wealth. God's wisdom principles will help you make good choices, even better choices that will reduce errors and make a happier life as billions of people have discovered. Young men and women should also consider Proverb 31.
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heart to yours.Proverb 9 NKJV - The Way of Wisdom - The Way of Folly - Bible Gateway This link will take you to the Bible Gateway website where you can listen to the audio-cast for this Proverb; and/or compare other translations and narrators.
Proverbs (Chapters 1 - 9) ~ Wisdom For Young Men & Women . Wisdom & Righteousness Can Be Learned At Any Age.
1 Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven
pillars;
2 She has slaughtered her meat, She has mixed her wine, She has
also [a]furnished
her table.
3 She has sent out her maidens, She cries out from the highest
places of the city,
4 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" As
for
him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
5 "Come, eat of my bread And drink of the wine I have mixed.
6 Forsake foolishness and live, And go in the way of
understanding.
7 "He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself, And
he
who
rebukes a wicked man only harms himself.
8 Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you; Rebuke a wise man,
and he will love you.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; Teach
a just man, and he will increase in learning.
10 "The fear of the LORD is
the
beginning of
wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is
understanding.
11 For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will
be added to you.
12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And if
you
scoff, you will bear it alone."
The Way of Folly
13 A foolish woman is [b]clamorous; She is simple, and knows nothing.14 For she sits at the door of her house, On a seat by the highest places of the city,
15 To call to those who pass by, Who go straight on their way:
16 "Whoever is [c]simple, let him turn in here"; And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
17 "Stolen water is sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
18 But he does not know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of [d]hell.
The spaced lines emphasize sentence structure, length and punctuation. The mid sentence capitalized word indicates the poetic couplet that normally begins a new line. Italicized words were added by the translators to complete the sentence. [Letters] in brackets are viewable online footnote references. See additional online Notes & Hints or click/scan "All Proverbs" QRC above.