38 lines
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38 lines
1.5 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 9
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1 Wisdom has built her house,
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She has hewn out her seven pillars;
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2 She has slaughtered her meat,
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She has mixed her wine,
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She has also furnished her table.
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3 She has sent out her maidens,
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She cries out from the highest places of the city,
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4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
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As for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
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5 “Come, eat of my bread
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And drink of the wine I have mixed.
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6 Forsake foolishness and live,
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And go in the way of understanding.
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7 “He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself,
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And he who rebukes a wicked man only harms himself.
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8 Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you;
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Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
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9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser;
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Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
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10 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
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And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
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11 For by me your days will be multiplied,
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And years of life will be added to you.
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12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,
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And if you scoff, you will bear it alone.”
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13 A foolish woman is clamorous;
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She is simple, and knows nothing.
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14 For she sits at the door of her house,
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On a seat by the highest places of the city,
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15 To call to those who pass by,
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Who go straight on their way:
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16 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here”;
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And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
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17 “Stolen water is sweet,
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And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
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18 But he does not know that the dead are there,
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That her guests are in the depths of hell. |