| | 1 | Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.
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| | 2 | She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.
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| | 3 | She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city:
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| | 4 | "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
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| | 5 | "Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!
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| | 6 | Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding."
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| | 7 | He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.
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| | 8 | Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
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| | 9 | Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
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| | 10 | The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
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| | 11 | For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.
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| | 12 | If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
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| | 13 | The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing.
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| | 14 | She sits at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,
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| | 15 | To call to those who pass by, Who go straight on their ways,
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| | 16 | "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here." As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
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| | 17 | "Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant."
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| | 18 | But he doesn't know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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