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| [1]Wisdom hath built 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]Whoever 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 shall 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 art 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 clamorous: 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]Whoever 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. |
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