Prov 9
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Wisdom has built her house; She has hewn out her seven pillars:
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She has killed her beasts; She has mingled her wine; She has also furnished her table:
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She has sent forth her maidens; She cries upon the highest places of the city:
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Whoso is simple, let him turn in here: As for him whom is void of understanding, she
says to him,
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Come, eat you of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled.
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Leave off, you simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.
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He who corrects a scoffer gets to himself reviling; And he who reproves a wicked man
[gets] himself a blot.
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Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate you: Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
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Give [instruction] to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man,
and he will increase in learning.
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The fear of YHWH is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is
understanding.
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For by me your days shall be multiplied, And the years of your life shall be increased.
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If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; And if you scoff, you alone shall bear
it.
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The foolish woman is clamorous; [She is] simple, and knows nothing.
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And she sits at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,
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To call to them that pass by, Who go right on their ways:
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Whoso is simple, let him turn in here; And as for him whom is void of understanding,
she says to him,
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Stolen waters are sweet, And bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.
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But he knows not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.