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Chapter 9 | |
1 | Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:  | 
2 | She hath 1killed her beasts; she hath 
mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
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3 | She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,  | 
4 | Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,  | 
5 | Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.  | 
6 | Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.  | 
7 | He that 1reproveth a scorner getteth to 
himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
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8 | 1Reprove not a scorner, lest 
he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
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9 | Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.  | 
10 | The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.  | 
11 | For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.  | 
12 | If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.  | 
13 | A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.  | 
14 | For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,  | 
15 | To call passengers who go right on their ways:  | 
16 | Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,  | 
17 | Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.  | 
18 | But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.  | 
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