Proverbs 9 - Coverdale Miles 1535  Bible

¹ Wysdome hath buylded herself an house, and hewen out seuen pilers:

² she hath slaughted, poured out hir wyne, and prepared hir table.

³ She hath sent forth hir maydens to crie vpo the hyest place of the cite:

⁴ Who so is ignoraut, let him come hither. And to the vn wise she sayde:

⁵ O come on youre waye, eate my bred, and drynke my wyne, which I haue poured out for you.

⁶ Forsake ignorauce, and ye shal lyue: and se that ye go in the waye of vnderstondinge.

⁷ Who so reproueth a scornefull personne, getteth him self dishonoure: and he that rebuketh the vngodly, stayneth himself.

⁸ Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe the euell wil: but rebuke a wyse man, and he wil loue the.

⁹ Geue a discrete man but an occasion,

¹⁰ The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wysdome,

¹¹ For thorow me yi dayes shalbe prolonged, and the yeares of thy life shal be many.

¹² Yf thou be wyse, yi wysdome shal do yi selfe good: but yf thou thynkest scorne therof, it shalbe thine owne harme.

¹³ A foolish restlesse woman, full of wordes, and soch one as hath no knowlege,

¹⁴ sytteth in the dores of hir house vpo a stole aboue in the cite,

¹⁵ to call soch as go by and walke straight in their wayes.

¹⁶ Who so is ignoraunt (sayeth she) let him come hither, and to the vnwyse she sayeth:

¹⁷ stollen waters are swete,

¹⁸ But they cosider not that death is there, and that hir gestes go downe to hell.