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