The Way of Wisdom
(Proverbs 1:1–7)
Wisdom has built her house; Mat 16:18Rev 3:121Co 3:9-151Ki 7:2-31Pe 2:5-6Eph 2:20-22Gal 2:91Ki 7:21
she has carved out 1her seven pillars.
She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; Isa 25:6Mat 22:3-14Luk 14:16-17Pro 9:5Pro 23:301Co 5:7-8Gen 43:16Sng 8:2
she has also set her table.
She has sent out her maidservants; Pro 9:14Pro 8:1-3Mat 22:3-4Pro 1:20-23Psa 68:112Co 5:20-21Jhn 18:20Jhn 7:37
she calls out from the heights of the city.
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” Pro 6:32Mat 11:25Pro 8:5Pro 9:16Pro 1:22Psa 119:130Psa 19:7Rev 22:17
she says to him who lacks judgment.
“Come, eat my bread Jhn 6:27Sng 5:1Jer 31:12-14Pro 9:17Isa 55:1-3Jhn 6:49-58Mat 26:26-28Pro 9:2
and drink the wine I have mixed.
Leave your folly behind, and you will live; Pro 13:20Pro 4:11Luk 13:242Co 6:17Act 2:40Mat 7:13-14Pro 4:14-15Pro 8:35
walk in the way of understanding.”
He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; Pro 15:12Pro 23:92Ch 36:162Ch 24:20-222Ch 25:15-161Ki 18:171Ki 21:201Ki 22:24
he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; Pro 13:18Psa 141:5Pro 23:9Pro 15:12Mat 7:6Pro 29:1Pro 28:23Lev 19:17
rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; Pro 1:51Jn 5:13Mat 13:11-121Jn 2:20-21Pro 25:12Hos 6:32Pe 3:18
teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, Psa 111:10Job 28:28Pro 1:7Ecc 12:13Pro 2:51Jn 5:20Jhn 17:31Ch 28:9
and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
For through wisdom 2your days will be multiplied, Pro 10:27Pro 3:2Pro 3:16Deu 6:2
and years will be added to your life.
If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; Job 22:2-32Pe 3:3-4Ezk 18:20Job 22:21Pro 16:262Pe 3:16Isa 28:22Job 35:6-7
but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
The Way of Folly
The woman named Folly is loud; Pro 7:11Pro 5:61Ti 6:4Pro 21:19Pro 21:9
she is naive and knows nothing.
She sits at the door of her house, Pro 9:3Pro 7:10-12
on a seat in the heights of the city,
calling out to those who pass by, Pro 23:27-28Pro 7:25-27Pro 7:13-15
who make their paths straight.
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” Pro 9:4
she says to him who lacks judgment.
“Stolen water is sweet, Pro 20:17Pro 23:31-32Jas 1:14-15Pro 30:202Ki 5:24-27Eph 5:12Gen 3:6Pro 7:18-20
and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
But they do not know that the dead 3are there, Pro 7:27Pro 2:18-19Pro 5:5Pro 1:7Pro 6:26Psa 82:52Pe 3:5
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.