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Pro 9:1 |
Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out its seven pillars. |
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Pro 9:2 |
She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table. |
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Pro 9:3 |
She has sent out her maids, and she calls from the highest point of the city. |
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Pro 9:4 |
"Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment. |
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Pro 9:5 |
"Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed. |
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Pro 9:6 |
Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of understanding. |
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Pro 9:7 |
"Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse. |
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Pro 9:8 |
Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you. |
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Pro 9:9 |
Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning. |
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Pro 9:10 |
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. |
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Pro 9:11 |
For through me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life. |
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Pro 9:12 |
If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer." |
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Pro 9:13 |
The woman Folly is loud; she is undisciplined and without knowledge. |
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Pro 9:14 |
She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city, |
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Pro 9:15 |
calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way. |
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Pro 9:16 |
"Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment. |
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Pro 9:17 |
"Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!" |
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Pro 9:18 |
But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave. |
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