The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
New King James Version NKJV
1 Wisdom has built herself a house; she has carved her seven pillars.
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Wisdom has built her house, She has 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 has slaughtered her meat, She has mixed her wine, She has 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 has sent out her maidens, She cries out from 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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"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" As for him who lacks understanding, she says 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 I have mixed.
6 Don't stay unsure of yourself, but live! Walk in the way of understanding!"
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Forsake foolishness 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 who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself, And he who rebukes a wicked man only harms himself.
8 If you reprove a scoffer, he will hate you; if you reprove a wise man, he will love you.
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Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you; Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
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 still 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 One 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 your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you.
12 If you are wise, your wisdom helps you; but if you scoff, you bear the consequences alone."
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If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And if you scoff, you will bear it alone."
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 knows 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 sits at the door of her house, On a seat by the highest places of the city,
15 calling to those who pass by, to those going straight along their ways,
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To call to those who pass by, Who go straight on their way:
16 "Whoever is unsure of himself, turn in here!"To someone weak-willed she says,
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"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here"; And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
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 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 does not know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of hell.