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