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Proverbs 9:4-14

4 "Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!" To the one who lacks sense, she says,

4 “Let all who are simple come to my house!” To those who have no sense she says,

5 "Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine I have mixed.

5 “Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.

6 Leave inexperience behind, and you will live; pursue the way of understanding.

6 Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight.”

7 The one who corrects a mocker will bring dishonor on himself; the one who rebukes a wicked man will get hurt.

7 Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults; whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.

8 Don't rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

8 Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you.

9 Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will learn more.

9 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 One is understanding.

10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

11 For by Wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.

11 For through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.

12 If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit; if you mock, you alone will bear [the consequences]."

12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.

13 The woman Folly is rowdy; she is gullible and knows nothing.

13 Folly is an unruly woman; she is simple and knows nothing.

14 She sits by the doorway of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,

14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,