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1.6 KiB
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63 lines
1.6 KiB
Markdown
The Way of Wisdom
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# Chapter 9
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1. Wisdom has built her house;
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she has hewn her seven pillars.
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2. She has slaughtered her beasts; 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 young women to call
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from the highest places in the town,
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4. "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!"
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To him who lacks sense she says,
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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. Leave your simple ways, and live,
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and walk in the way of insight."
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7. Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,
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and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
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8. Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
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reprove 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 righteous 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 insight.
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11. For by me your days will be multiplied,
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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 yourself;
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if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
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The Way of Folly
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13. The woman Folly is loud;
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she is seductive and knows nothing.
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14. She sits at the door of her house;
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she takes a seat on the highest places of the town,
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15. calling to those who pass by,
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who are going straight on their way,
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16. "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!"
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And to him who lacks sense she says,
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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 Sheol.
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