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1 Wisdom has built her house; she has set up its seven pillars.
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Wisdom hath built herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven pillars.
2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
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She hath slain her victims, mingled her wine, and set forth her table.
3 She has sent out her servants, and she calls from the highest point of the city,
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She hath sent her maids to invite to the tower, and to the walls of the city:
4 “Let all who are simple come to my house!” To those who have no sense she says,
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Whosoever is a little one, let him come to me. And to the unwise she said:
5 “Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.
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Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you.
6 Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight.”
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Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence.
7 Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults; whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.
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He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself; and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.
8 Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you.
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Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9 Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.
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Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.
11 For through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
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For by me shall thy days be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.
12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.
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If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.
13 Folly is an unruly woman; she is simple and knows nothing.
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A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all,
14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
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Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city,
15 calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way,
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To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey:
16 “Let all who are simple come to my house!” To those who have no sense she says,
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He that is a little one, let him turn to me. And to the fool she said:
17 “Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!”
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Stolen waters are sweeter, and hidden bread is more pleasant.
18 But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.
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And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
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