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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 9:1-18

New International Version (1984 Edition)
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Proverbs 9:1
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Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out its seven pillars.
Proverbs 9:2
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She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
Proverbs 9:3
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She has sent out her maids, and she calls from the highest point of the city.
Proverbs 9:4
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"Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment.
Proverbs 9:5
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"Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.
Proverbs 9:6
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Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.
Proverbs 9:7
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"Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.
Proverbs 9:8
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Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you.
Proverbs 9:9
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Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.
Proverbs 9:10
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"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Proverbs 9:11
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For through me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
Proverbs 9:12
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If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer."
Proverbs 9:13
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The woman Folly is loud; she is undisciplined and without knowledge.
Proverbs 9:14
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She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
Proverbs 9:15
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calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way.
Proverbs 9:16
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"Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment.
Proverbs 9:17
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"Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!"
Proverbs 9:18
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But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
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