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1 WISDOM hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: | |
2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. | |
3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, | |
4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, | |
5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. | |
6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. | |
7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. | |
8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. | |
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. | |
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. | |
11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased. | |
12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. | |
13 A foolish woman is clamourous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. | |
14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, | |
15 To call passengers who go right on their ways: | |
16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, | |
17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. | |
18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. | |
