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Proverbs 9

1 Wisdom has built her house; she has set up its seven pillars.

1 Wisdom has built her house and made seven columns for it.

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

2 She has had an animal killed for a feast, mixed spices in the wine, and set the table.

3 She has sent out her servants, and she calls from the highest point of the city,

3 She has sent her servant women to call out from the highest place in town:

4 “Let all who are simple come to my house!” To those who have no sense she says,

4 "Come in, ignorant people!" And to the foolish she says,

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

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

6 Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight.”

6 Leave the company of ignorant people, and live. Follow the way of knowledge."

7 Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults; whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.

7 If you correct conceited people, you will only be insulted. If you reprimand evil people, you will only get hurt.

8 Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you.

8 Never correct conceited people; they will hate you for it. But if you correct the wise, they will respect you.

9 Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.

9 Anything you say to the wise will make them wiser. Whatever you tell the righteous will add to their knowledge.

10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

10 To be wise you must first have reverence for the Lord. If you know the Holy One, you have understanding.

11 For through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.

11 Wisdom will add years to your life.

12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.

12 You are the one who will profit if you have wisdom, and if you reject it, you are the one who will suffer.

13 Folly is an unruly woman; she is simple and knows nothing.

13 Stupidity is like a loud, ignorant, shameless woman.

14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,

14 She sits at the door of her house or on a seat in the highest part of town,

15 calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way,

15 and calls out to people passing by, who are minding their own business:

16 “Let all who are simple come to my house!” To those who have no sense she says,

16 "Come in, ignorant people!" To the foolish she says,

17 “Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!”

17 "Stolen water is sweeter. Stolen bread tastes better."

18 But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.

18 Her victims do not know that the people die who go to her house, that those who have already entered are now deep in the world of the dead.