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Chapter 9
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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. |
3
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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 wanteth understanding, she saith to him, |
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Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which
I have mingled. |
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Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of
understanding. |
7
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He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame:
and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. |
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Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a
wise man, and he will love thee. |
9
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Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet
wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. |
10
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and
the knowledge of the holy is understanding. |
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For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years
of thy life shall be increased. |
12
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If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but
if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. |
13
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A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth
nothing. |
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For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat
in the high places of the city, |
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To call passengers who go right on their ways: |
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Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for
him that wanteth 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; and that
her guests are in the depths of hell. |
