Verse 11
Proverbs 9:11
Free Bible Version
11
Through wisdom you'll have many more days, increasing the years of your life.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּי בִ֭/י יִרְבּ֣וּ יָמֶ֑י/ךָ וְ/יוֹסִ֥יפוּ לְּ֝/ךָ֗ שְׁנ֣וֹת חַיִּֽים
English Translation
For I will extend your days and add years to your life.
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Chapter 9 Context
1
Wisdom has built her house; she has prepared its seven pillars.
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She has slaughtered her animals for meat; she has mixed her wine; and she has set her table.
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She has sent out her servant girls with invitations. She calls out from the highest places of the to...
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“Everybody who needs to learn, come and see me!” To people who don't have any sense she says,
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5
“Come, eat my food, and drink the wine I have mixed.
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6
Leave your foolish ways and you will live; follow the path that makes sense.”
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7
If you correct a mocker all you get are insults; if you argue with the wicked all you get is abuse.
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8
So don't argue with mockers or they'll only hate you; argue with the wise and they'll love you.
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9
Educate the wise and they'll become even wiser; teach those who live right and they will increase th...
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10
Honoring the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; knowledge of the Holy One brings insight.
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Through wisdom you'll have many more days, increasing the years of your life.
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If you are wise, you are the one to profit from it; if you scoff, you alone will have to suffer the...
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13
Stupidity is like a loud, ignorant woman who doesn't know anything.
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14
She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the town,
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calling out to those passing by, going about their business,
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“Everybody who needs to learn, come and see me!” To people who don't have any sense she says,
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“Stolen water is sweet, and food eaten in secret tastes good!”
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But they don't know that the dead are there, that those she's invited are in the depths of the grave...
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