Proverbs 9:5-15 (Revised Standard Version)
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"Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
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Leave simpleness, and live, and walk in the way of insight."
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He who corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
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Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
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Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man and he will increase in learning.
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
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For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
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If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
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A foolish woman is noisy; she is wanton and knows no shame.
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She sits at the door of her house, she takes a seat on the high places of the town,
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calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way,
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version - Holy Bible)
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