2024-02-13 14:51:40 +00:00
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Proverbs.
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Chapter 9.
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Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.
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She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.
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She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city:
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“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
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“Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!
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Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding.”
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One who corrects a mocker invites insult. One who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.
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Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.
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Instruct a wise person, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous person, and he will increase in learning.
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2024-02-13 19:11:41 +00:00
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
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For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.
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If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
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The foolish woman is loud, undisciplined, and knows nothing.
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She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
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to call to those who pass by, who go straight on their ways,
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“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here.” As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
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“Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.”
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But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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