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1 Wisdom has built her house, She has 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 has slaughtered her meat, She has mixed her wine, She has 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 has sent out her maidens, She cries out from 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 here!" As for him who lacks understanding, she says 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 I have mixed.
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5 "Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.
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6 Forsake foolishness 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 who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself, And he who rebukes a wicked man only harms himself.
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7 "Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.
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8 Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you; Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
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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 still 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 One 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 your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you.
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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 you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And if you scoff, you will bear it alone."
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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 knows nothing.
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13 The woman Folly is loud; she is undisciplined and without knowledge.
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14 For she sits at the door of her house, On a seat by the highest 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 to those who pass by, Who go straight on their way:
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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 here"; And as for him who lacks understanding, she says 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 water is 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 does not know that the dead are there, 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 taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New King James Version) |
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) |
