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The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
1 Wisdom has built her house; she has carved its seven columns.
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Wisdom has built herself a house; she has carved her seven pillars.
2 She has prepared a great banquet, mixed the wines, and set the table.
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She has prepared her food, spiced her wine, and she has set her table.
3 She has sent her servants to invite everyone to come. She calls out from the heights overlooking the city.
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She has sent out her young girls [with invitations]; she calls from the heights of the city,
4 “Come in with me,” she urges the simple. To those who lack good judgment, she says,
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"Whoever is unsure of himself, turn in here!"To someone weak-willed she says,
5 “Come, eat my food, and drink the wine I have mixed.
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"Come and eat my food! Drink the wine I have mixed!
6 Leave your simple ways behind, and begin to live; learn to use good judgment.”
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Don't stay unsure of yourself, but live! Walk in the way of understanding!"
7 Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get an insult in return. Anyone who corrects the wicked will get hurt.
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"He who corrects a scoffer only gets insulted; reproving a wicked man becomes his blemish.
8 So don’t bother correcting mockers; they will only hate you. But correct the wise, and they will love you.
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If you reprove a scoffer, he will hate you; if you reprove a wise man, he will love you.
9 Instruct the wise, and they will be even wiser. Teach the righteous, and they will learn even more.
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Give to a wise man, and he grows still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will learn still more.
10 Fear of the LORD is the foundation of wisdom. Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment.
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The fear of ADONAI is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of holy ones is understanding.
11 Wisdom will multiply your days and add years to your life.
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For with me, your days will be increased; years will be added to your life.
12 If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit. If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.
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If you are wise, your wisdom helps you; but if you scoff, you bear the consequences alone."
13 The woman named Folly is brash. She is ignorant and doesn’t know it.
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The foolish woman is coarse; she doesn't think, and she doesn't know a thing.
14 She sits in her doorway on the heights overlooking the city.
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She sits at the door of her house or on a seat at the heights of the city,
15 She calls out to men going by who are minding their own business.
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calling to those who pass by, to those going straight along their ways,
16 “Come in with me,” she urges the simple. To those who lack good judgment, she says,
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"Whoever is unsure of himself, turn in here!"To someone weak-willed she says,
17 “Stolen water is refreshing; food eaten in secret tastes the best!”
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"Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is pleasant."
18 But little do they know that the dead are there. Her guests are in the depths of the grave.
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But he doesn't realize that the dead are there, and that those who accept her invitation are in the depths of Sh'ol.
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