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[1] WISDOM has built her house, she has set up in it seven pillars;
[2] She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mingled her wine; she has also prepared her table.
[3] She has sent forth her servants to cry out upon the highest places and say,
[4] Whosoever is simple, let him come to me; as for him who lacks understanding, she said to him,
[5] Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
[6] Forsake folly, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
[7] Correction for a bad man brings disgrace; the wicked man is rebuked by his own blemish.
[8] Reprove not a bad man, lest he hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
[9] Give an opportunity to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
[10] The reverence of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the righteous is understanding.
[11] For by her your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.
[12] My son, if you are wise, you are wise for yourself and for your friends; but if you are evil-minded, you alone shall bear your evils
[13] He who denies things falsely feeds on winds and pursues fowl of the air; for he has forsaken the way to his vineyard and the paths of his labor, to journey in the wilderness without water; in the places that are trodden he travels thirsty and gains nothing.
[14] A foolish woman is enticing; she does not know what shame is; she sits at the door of her home on a high seat,
[15] She calls those who pass by, who go right on their ways;
[16] She says, He who is simple, let him come to me; and as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
[17] Stolen waters are sweet and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
[18] But he does not know that the mighty men perish with her and that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. (9:19) Now rise up, and do not abide in that place; do not cast your eye at her; thus pass by the waters of strangers; cross over a strange river, and turn away from the waters of strangers; you shall not drink of the waters of strangers. For in doing so a multitude of days and years of life shall be added to you
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