The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
King James Version KJV
1 Wisdom has built herself a house; she has carved her seven pillars.
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Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
2 She has prepared her food, spiced her wine, and she has set her table.
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She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
3 She has sent out her young girls [with invitations]; she calls from the heights of the city,
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She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
4 "Whoever is unsure of himself, turn in here!"To someone weak-willed she says,
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Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
5 "Come and eat my food! Drink the wine I have mixed!
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Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
6 Don't stay unsure of yourself, but live! Walk in the way of understanding!"
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Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
7 "He who corrects a scoffer only gets insulted; reproving a wicked man becomes his blemish.
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He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
8 If you reprove a scoffer, he will hate you; if you reprove a wise man, he will love you.
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Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9 Give to a wise man, and he grows still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will learn still more.
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Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
10 The fear of ADONAI is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of holy ones is understanding.
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
11 For with me, your days will be increased; years will be added to your life.
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For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
12 If you are wise, your wisdom helps you; but if you scoff, you bear the consequences alone."
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If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
13 The foolish woman is coarse; she doesn't think, and she doesn't know a thing.
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A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
14 She sits at the door of her house or on a seat at the heights of the city,
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For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
15 calling to those who pass by, to those going straight along their ways,
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To call passengers who go right on their ways:
16 "Whoever is unsure of himself, turn in here!"To someone weak-willed she says,
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Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
17 "Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is pleasant."
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Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
18 But he doesn't realize that the dead are there, and that those who accept her invitation are in the depths of Sh'ol.
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But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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