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Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars; |
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she hath slaughtered her cattle, she hath mingled her wine, she hath also prepared her table; |
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she hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the summits of the high places of the city, |
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Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. To him that is void of understanding, she saith, |
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Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled. |
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Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence. |
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He that instructeth a scorner getteth to himself shame; and he that reproveth a wicked [man] [getteth] to himself a blot. |
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Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise [man], and he will love thee. |
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Impart to a wise [man], and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous [man], and he will increase learning. |
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The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the Holy is intelligence. |
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For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee. |
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If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. |
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The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing. |
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And she sitteth at the entry of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, |
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to call passers-by who go right on their ways: |
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Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith, |
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Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant. |
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But he knoweth not that the dead are there; [that] her guests are in the depths of Sheol. |
