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1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
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1 Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out its seven pillars.
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2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
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2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
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3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
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3 She has sent out her maids, and she calls from the highest point of the city.
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4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
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4 "Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment.
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5 Come , eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled .
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5 "Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.
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6 Forsake the foolish, and live ; and go in the way of understanding.
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6 Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.
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7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
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7 "Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.
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8 Reprove not a scorner , lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
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8 Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you.
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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.
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9 Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.
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10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
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10 "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
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11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied , and the years of thy life shall be increased .
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11 For through me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
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12 If thou be wise , thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest , thou alone shalt bear it.
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12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer."
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13 A foolish woman is clamorous : she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
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13 The woman Folly is loud; she is undisciplined and without knowledge.
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14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
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14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
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15 To call passengers who go right on their ways:
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15 calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way.
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16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
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16 "Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment.
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17 Stolen waters are sweet , and bread eaten in secret is pleasant .
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17 "Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!"
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18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
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18 But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
