th a scorner, doth an injury to himself; and he that
rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.

9:8. Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he
will love thee.

9:9. 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.

9:10. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge
of the holy is prudence.

9:11. For by me shall thy days be multiplied, and years of life shall be
added to thee.

9:12. If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner,
thou alone shalt bear the evil.

9:13. A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and
knowing nothing at all,

9:14. Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the
city,

9:15. To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey:

9:16. He that is a little one, let him turn to me. And to the fool she
said:

9:17. Stolen waters are sweeter, and hidden bread is more pleasant.

9:18. And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are
in the depths of hell.

Proverbs Chapter 10

In the twenty following chapters are contained many wise sayings and
axioms, relating to wisdom and folly, virtue and vice.

10:1. A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow
of his mother.

10:2. Treasures of wickedness shall profit nothing: but justice shall
deliver from death.

10:3. The Lord will not afflict the soul of the just with famine, and he
will disappoint the deceitful practices of the wicked.

10:4. 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.

10:5. He that gathereth in the harvest, is a wise son: but he that
snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion.

10:6. The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the just: but
iniquity covereth the mouth of the wicked.

10:7. The memory of the just is with praises: and the name of the wicked
shall rot.

10:8. The wise of heart receiveth precepts: a fool is beaten with lips.

10:9. He that walketh sincerely, walketh confidently: but he that
perverteth his ways, shall be manifest.

10:10. He that winketh with the eye, shall cause sorrow: and the foolish
in lips shall be beaten.

10:11. The mouth of the just is a vein of life: and the mouth of the
wicked covereth iniquity.

10:12.