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1 Wisdom built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.
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Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn her seven pillars.
2 She slaughtered her animals, mixed her wine, and set her table.
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She has slaughtered her animals, she has mixed her wine, she has also set her table.
3 She sends out her female servants; she issues an invitation from the top of the city heights:
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She has sent out her servant-girls, she calls from the highest places in the town,
4 "Whoever is naive turn aside here," she says to those who lack sense.
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"You that are simple, turn in here!" To those without sense she says,
5 "Come, eat my food, and drink the wine I have mixed.
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"Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
6 Abandon your simplistic ways and live; walk in the way of understanding."
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Lay aside immaturity, and live, and walk in the way of insight."
7 Whoever instructs the cynic gets insulted; whoever corrects the wicked gets hurt.
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Whoever corrects a scoffer wins abuse; whoever rebukes the wicked gets hurt.
8 Don't correct the impudent, or they will hate you; correct the wise, and they will love you.
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A scoffer who is rebuked will only hate you; the wise, when rebuked, will love you.
9 Teach the wise, and they will become wiser; inform the righteous, and their learning will increase.
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Give instruction to the wise, and they will become wiser still; teach the righteous and they will gain in learning.
10 The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the LORD; the knowledge of the holy one is understanding.
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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
11 Through me your days will be many; years will be added to your life.
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For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
12 If you are wise, it is to your benefit; if you are cynical, you will bear it all alone.
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If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
13 Woman Folly is noisy; she's stupid and doesn't even know it.
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The foolish woman is loud; she is ignorant and knows nothing.
14 She sits at the doorway of her house, on a seat at the city heights.
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She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the high places of the town,
15 She invites those who pass by on the path, those going straight on their way.
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calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way,
16 "Whoever is naive, come in here," she says to those who lack sense.
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"You who are simple, turn in here!" And to those without sense she says,
17 "Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is pleasant."
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"Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
18 But they don't know that the dead are there; her guests are in the depths of the grave.
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But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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