38 lines
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38 lines
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# Chapter 9
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1 Wisdom has built her house;
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she has carved out her seven pillars.
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2 She has prepared her meat; she has mixed her wine;
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she has also set her table.
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3 She has sent out her female servants;
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she calls out from the highest points of the city:
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4 “Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!”
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To the one who lacks sense, she says,
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5 “Come, eat my bread,
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and drink the wine I have mixed.
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6 Leave inexperience behind, and you will live;
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pursue the way of understanding.
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7 The one who corrects a mocker
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will bring abuse on himself;
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the one who rebukes the wicked will get hurt.
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8 Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you;
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rebuke the wise, and he will love you.
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9 Instruct the wise, and he will be wiser still;
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teach the righteous, and he will learn more.
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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 many,
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and years will be added to your life.
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12 If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit;
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if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences.”
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13 Folly is a rowdy woman;
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she is gullible and knows nothing.
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14 She sits by the doorway of her house,
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on a seat at the highest point of the city,
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15 calling to those who pass by,
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who go straight ahead on their paths:
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16 “Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!”
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To the one who lacks sense, she says,
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17 “Stolen water is sweet,
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and bread eaten secretly is tasty!”
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18 But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there,
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that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. |