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1 Wisdom hath built 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 Whoever [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 shall 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 art 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 Whoever [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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