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diff --git a/bible/base_files/engBBE_021_PRO_09_read.txt b/bible/base_files/engBBE_021_PRO_09_read.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..54baac5 --- /dev/null +++ b/bible/base_files/engBBE_021_PRO_09_read.txt @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +Proverbs. +Chapter 9. +Wisdom has made her house, putting up her seven pillars. +She has put her fat beasts to death; her wine is mixed, her table is ready. +She has sent out her women-servants; her voice goes out to the highest places of the town, saying, +Whoever is simple, let him come in here; and to him who has no sense, she says: +Come, take of my bread, and of my wine which is mixed. +Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge. +He who gives teaching to a man of pride gets shame for himself; he who says sharp words to a sinner gets a bad name. +Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him. +Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased. +The fear of the Lord is the start of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One gives a wise mind +For by me your days will be increased, and the years of your life will be long. +If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it. +The foolish woman is full of noise; she has no sense at all. +Seated at the door of her house, in the high places of the town, +Crying out to those who go by, going straight on their way, she says: +Whoever is simple, let him come in here: and to him who is without sense, she says: +Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing. +But he does not see that the dead are there, that her guests are in the deep places of the underworld. |