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Proverbs 9

1 Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.

1 Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars.

2 She has prepared her meat; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

2 She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

3 She has sent out her servants; she calls out from the highest points of the city:

3 She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town,

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

4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here! ” To him who lacks sense she says,

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

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

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

6 Leave your simple ways, and live, and 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 scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.

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

8 Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

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

9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in 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 the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.

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

11 For by me your days will be multiplied, 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, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

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

13 The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive 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; she takes a seat on the highest places of the town,

15 calling to those who pass by, who go straight ahead on their paths:

15 calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way,

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

16 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here! ”And to him who lacks sense she says,

17 "Stolen water is sweet, and bread [eaten] secretly is tasty!"

17 “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. ”

18 But he doesn't know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

18 But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.