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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 (9:18)

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