Chapter 9

  Wisdom hath builded her house; She hath hewn out her seven pillars:  

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  She hath killed her beasts; She hath mingled her wine; She hath also furnished her table:  

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  She hath sent forth her maidens; She crieth upon the highest places of the city:  

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  Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,  

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  Come, eat ye of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled.  

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  Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.  

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  He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man [getteth] himself a blot.  

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  Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.  

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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 Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.  

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  For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.  

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  If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.  

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  The foolish woman is clamorous; [She is] simple, and knoweth nothing.  

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  And she sitteth 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 hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,  

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  Stolen waters are sweet, And bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.  

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  But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.  

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