Proverbs 9 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹ Rebuke not a scorner lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

² 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.

³ 0 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.

⁴ 1 For by me shall thy days be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.

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

⁶ 3 A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all,

⁷ 4 Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city,

⁸ 5 To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey:

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

¹⁰ 7 Stolen waters are sweeter, and hid den bread is more pleasant.

¹¹ 8 And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

¹² A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother.

¹³ Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall deliver from death.

¹⁴ The Lord will not afflict the soul of the just with famine, and he will disappoint the deceitful practices of the wicked.

¹⁵ The slothful hand hath wrought poverty: but the hand of the industrious getteth riches. He that trusteth to lies feedeth the winds: and the same runneth after birds that fly away.

¹⁶ He that gathered in the harvest is a wise son: but he that snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion.

¹⁷ The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the just: but iniquity covereth the mouth of the wicked.

¹⁸ The memory of the just is with praises: and the name of the wicked shall rot.