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Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars;
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She has slaughtered her meat, She has mixed her wine, She has also furnished her table.
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She has sent out her maidens, She cries out from the highest places of the city,
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"Whoever [is] simple, let him turn in here!" [As for] him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
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"Come, eat of my bread And drink of the wine I have mixed.
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Forsake foolishness and live, And go in the way of understanding.
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" He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself, And he who rebukes a wicked [man only] harms himself.
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Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you; Rebuke a wise [man,] and he will love you.
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Give [instruction] to a wise [man,] and he will be still wiser; Teach a just [man,] and he will increase in learning.
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"The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One [is] understanding.
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For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you.
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If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And [if] you scoff, you will bear [it] alone."
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A foolish woman is clamorous; [She is] simple, and knows nothing.
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For she sits at the door of her house, On a seat [by] the highest places of the city,
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To call to those who pass by, Who go straight on their way:
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"Whoever [is] simple, let him turn in here"; And [as for] him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
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"Stolen water is sweet, And bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant."
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But he does not know that the dead [are] there, [That] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.