Third Millennium Bible TMB
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1 Wisdom hath built her house; she hath hewn out her seven pillars.
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Wisdom has built her house; she has set up its seven pillars.
2 She hath killed her beasts, she hath mingled her wine, she hath also furnished her table.
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She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
3 She hath sent forth her maidens, she crieth from the highest places of the city:
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She has sent out her servants, and she calls from the highest point of the city,
4 "Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither!" As for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him:
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“Let all who are simple come to my house!” To those who have no sense she says,
5 "Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine which I have mixed.
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“Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.
6 Forsake the foolish and live, and go in the way of understanding."
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Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight.”
7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth for himself shame, and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a reproach.
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Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults; whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.
8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
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Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you.
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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Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
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For through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; but if thou be a scorner, thou alone shall bear it.
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If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.
13 A foolish woman is clamorous; she is simple and knoweth nothing.
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Folly is an unruly woman; she is simple and knows nothing.
14 For she sitteth at the door of her house on a seat in the high places of the city,
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She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
15 to call passers by who go rightly on their ways:
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calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way,
16 "Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither." And as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him,
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“Let all who are simple come to my house!” To those who have no sense she says,
17 "Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
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“Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!”
18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell. The proverbs of Solomon:
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But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.
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