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Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: (9:1) She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table (9:2) She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, (9:3) Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, (9:4) Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have mingled (9:5) Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding (9:6) He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot (9:7) Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee (9:8) Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning (9:9) The fear of the Lord [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding (9:10) For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased (9:11) If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it] (9:12) A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing (9:13) For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, (9:14) To call passengers who go right on their ways: (9:15) Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, (9:16) Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant (9:17) But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell
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