Proverbs 9:13
The foolish woman is clamorous, simple, and knows nothing.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
In Context
12If thou are wise, thou are wise for thyself. And if thou scoff, thou alone shall bear it.
14And she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
Cross References
Proverbs 7:11She is loud and headstrong. Her feet abide not in her house.
Proverbs 21:19It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 9:2-13
The Invitation of Wisdom. 1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: 2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. 3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, 4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. 6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. 7 He that… Read the whole commentary →