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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. She has made its seven pillars.

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

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

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

3 She has sent out her female servants. She calls out from the highest point of the city.

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

4 She says, "Let all who are childish come in here!" She speaks to those who have no sense.

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

5 "Come and eat my food. Drink the wine I have mixed.

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

6 Leave your childish ways and you will live. Walk in the way that leads to understanding.

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

7 "When you correct someone who makes fun of others, you might be laughed at. When you warn a sinner, you might get hurt.

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

8 Don't warn those who make fun of others. They will hate you. Warn those who are wise. They will love you.

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

9 Teach a wise man. He will become even wiser. Teach a person who does right. He will learn even more.

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

10 "If you really want to become wise, you must begin by having respect for the Lord. To know the Holy One is to gain understanding.

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

11 Through me, you will live a long time. Years will be added to your life.

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

12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you. If you make fun of others, you alone will suffer."

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

13 The woman called Foolishness is loud. She doesn't control herself. She doesn't know anything.

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. She sits at the highest point of the city.

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

15 She calls out to those who pass by. She calls out to those who go straight on their way.

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

16 She says, "Let all who are childish come in here!" She speaks to those who have no sense.

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

17 She says, "Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret tastes good!"

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

18 But they don't know that dead people are there. They don't know that her guests are in the deepest parts of the grave.