Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 Wisdom has built a house for herself, and set up seven pillars.
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Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn her seven pillars.
2 She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine in a bowl, and prepared her table.
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She has slaughtered her animals, she has mixed her wine, she has also set her table.
3 She has sent forth her servants, calling with a loud proclamation to the feast, saying,
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She has sent out her servant-girls, she calls from the highest places in the town,
4 Whoso is foolish, let him turn aside to me: and to them that want understanding she says,
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"You that are simple, turn in here!" To those without sense she says,
5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink wine which I have mingled for you.
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"Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
6 Leave folly, that ye may reign for ever; and seek wisdom, and improve understanding by knowledge.
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Lay aside immaturity, and live, and walk in the way of insight."
7 He that reproves evil shall get dishonour to himself; and he that rebukes an ungodly shall disgrace himself.
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Whoever corrects a scoffer wins abuse; whoever rebukes the wicked gets hurt.
8 Rebuke not evil , lest they should hate thee: rebuke a wise , and he will love thee.
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A scoffer who is rebuked will only hate you; the wise, when rebuked, will love you.
9 Give an opportunity to a wise , and he will be wiser: instruct a just man, and he will receive more .
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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 fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the counsel of saints is understanding: for to know the law is of a sound mind.
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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
11 For in this way thou shalt live long, and years of thy life shall be added to thee.
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For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
12 Son, if thou be wise for thyself, thou shalt also be wise for thy neighbours; and if thou shouldest prove wicked, thou alone wilt bear the evil. He that stays himself upon falsehoods, attempts to rule the winds, and the same will pursue birds in their fight: for he has forsaken the ways of his own vineyard, and he has caused the axles of his own husbandry to go astray; and he goes through a dry desert, and a appointed to drought, and he gathers barrenness with his hands.
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If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
13 A foolish and bold woman, who knows not modesty, comes to want a morsel.
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The foolish woman is loud; she is ignorant and knows nothing.
14 She sits at the doors of her house, on a seat openly in the streets,
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She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the high places of the town,
15 calling to passers by, and to those that are going right on their ways;
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calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way,
16 , Whoso is most senseless of you, let him turn aside to me; and I exhort those that want prudence, saying,
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"You who are simple, turn in here!" And to those without sense she says,
17 Take and enjoy secret bread, and the sweet water of theft.
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"Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
18 But he knows that mighty men die by her, and he falls in with a snare of hell. But hasten away, delay not in the place, neither fix thine eye upon her: for thus shalt thou go through strange water; but do thou abstain from strange water, and drink not of a strange fountain, that thou mayest live long, and years of life may be added to thee.
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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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