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