Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
New Living Translation NLT
1 Wisdom hath built herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven pillars.
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Wisdom has built her house; she has carved its seven columns.
2 She hath slain her victims, mingled her wine, and set forth her table.
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She has prepared a great banquet, mixed the wines, and set the table.
3 She hath sent her maids to invite to the tower, and to the walls of the city:
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She has sent her servants to invite everyone to come. She calls out from the heights overlooking the city.
4 Whosoever is a little one, let him come to me. And to the unwise she said:
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“Come in with me,” she urges the simple. To those who lack good judgment, she says,
5 Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you.
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“Come, eat my food, and drink the wine I have mixed.
6 Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence.
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Leave your simple ways behind, and begin to live; learn to use good judgment.”
7 He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself; and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.
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Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get an insult in return. Anyone who corrects the wicked will get hurt.
8 Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
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So don’t bother correcting mockers; they will only hate you. But correct the wise, and they will love you.
9 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.
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Instruct the wise, and they will be even wiser. Teach the righteous, and they will learn even more.
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.
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Fear of the LORD is the foundation of wisdom. Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment.
11 For by me shall thy days be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.
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Wisdom will multiply your days and add years to your life.
12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.
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If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit. If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.
13 A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all,
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The woman named Folly is brash. She is ignorant and doesn’t know it.
14 Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city,
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She sits in her doorway on the heights overlooking the city.
15 To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey:
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She calls out to men going by who are minding their own business.
16 He that is a little one, let him turn to me. And to the fool she said:
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“Come in with me,” she urges the simple. To those who lack good judgment, she says,
17 Stolen waters are sweeter, and hidden bread is more pleasant.
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“Stolen water is refreshing; food eaten in secret tastes the best!”
18 And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
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But little do they know that the dead are there. Her guests are in the depths of the grave.
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