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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.
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