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1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
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1 Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice?
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2 She standeth on the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
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2 On the heights along the way, where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
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3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entrance of the doors.
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3 beside the gates leading into the city, at the entrances, she cries aloud:
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4 To you, O men, I call; and my voice [is] to the sons of man.
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4 "To you, O men, I call out; I raise my voice to all mankind.
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5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
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5 You who are simple, gain prudence; you who are foolish, gain understanding.
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6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips [shall be] right things.
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6 Listen, for I have worthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right.
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7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips.
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7 My mouth speaks what is true, for my lips detest wickedness.
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8 All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness; [there is] nothing froward or perverse in them.
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8 All the words of my mouth are just; none of them is crooked or perverse.
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9 They [are] all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
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9 To the discerning all of them are right; they are faultless to those who have knowledge.
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