1750 Challoner Revision of the Douay-Rheims (DR)

Proverbs 9

1 The discipline, 4 and doctrine of wisdom. 13 The custom, 16 and error of folly.

 9:1 ¶ Wisdom hath built herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven pillars.

 9:2 She hath slain her victims, mingled her wine, and set forth her table.

 9:3 She hath sent her maids to invite to the tower, and to the walls of the city:

 9:4 Whosoever is a little one, let him come to me. And to the unwise she said:

 9:5 Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you.

 9:6 Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence.

 9:7 He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself; and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.

 9:8 Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

 9:9 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.

 9:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.

 9:11 For by me shall thy days be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.

 9:12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.

 9:13 ¶ A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all,

 9:14 Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city,

 9:15 To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey:

 9:16 He that is a little one, let him turn to me. And to the fool she said:

 9:17 Stolen waters are sweeter, and hidden bread is more pleasant.

 9:18 And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell.