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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 9
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Proverbs 9:1
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Wisdom has built her house;(a) she has carved out her seven pillars.
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Proverbs 9:2
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She has prepared her meat;(b) she has mixed her wine;(c) she has also set her table.(d)
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Proverbs 9:3
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She has sent out her female servants;(e) she calls out from the highest points of the city:(f)
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Proverbs 9:4
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"Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!" To the one who lacks sense,(g) she says,
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Proverbs 9:5
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"Come, eat my bread,(h) and drink the wine I have mixed.
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Proverbs 9:6
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Leave inexperience behind, and you will live; pursue the way of understanding.
Proverbs 9:7
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The one who corrects a mocker will bring dishonor on himself; the one who rebukes a wicked man will get hurt.[a]
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Proverbs 9:8
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Don't rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you;(i) rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.(j)
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Proverbs 9:9
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Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will learn more.(k)
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Proverbs 9:10
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"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,(l) and the knowledge of the Holy One(m) is understanding.
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Proverbs 9:11
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For by Wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
Proverbs 9:12
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If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit;(n) if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences."
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Proverbs 9:13
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The woman Folly is rowdy;(o) she is gullible and knows nothing.(p)
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Proverbs 9:14
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She sits by the doorway of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
Proverbs 9:15
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calling to those who pass by, who go straight ahead on their paths:(q)
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Proverbs 9:16
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"Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!" To the one who lacks sense, she says,
Proverbs 9:17
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"Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten secretly is tasty!"(r)
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Proverbs 9:18
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But he doesn't know that the departed spirits are there,(s) that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.(t)
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