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Proverbs 9:1

Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out its seven pillars.

Proverbs 9:1

Wisdom has built her house; she has set up its seven pillars.

Proverbs 9:2

She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

Proverbs 9:2

She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

Proverbs 9:3

She has sent out her maids, and she calls from the highest point of the city.

Proverbs 9:3

She has sent out her servants, and she calls from the highest point of the city,

Proverbs 9:4

"Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment.

Proverbs 9:4

"Let all who are simple come to my house!" To those who have no sense she says,

Proverbs 9:5

"Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.

Proverbs 9:5

"Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.

Proverbs 9:6

Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.

Proverbs 9:6

Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight."

Proverbs 9:7

"Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.

Proverbs 9:7

Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults; whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.

Proverbs 9:8

Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you.

Proverbs 9:8

Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you.

Proverbs 9:9

Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.

Proverbs 9:9

Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.

Proverbs 9:10

"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Proverbs 9:10

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Proverbs 9:11

For through me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.

Proverbs 9:11

For through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.

Proverbs 9:12

If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer."

Proverbs 9:12

If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.

Proverbs 9:13

The woman Folly is loud; she is undisciplined and without knowledge.

Proverbs 9:13

Folly is an unruly woman; she is simple and knows nothing.

Proverbs 9:14

She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,

Proverbs 9:14

She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,

Proverbs 9:15

calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way.

Proverbs 9:15

calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way,

Proverbs 9:16

"Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment.

Proverbs 9:16

"Let all who are simple come to my house!" To those who have no sense she says,

Proverbs 9:17

"Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!"

Proverbs 9:17

"Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!"

Proverbs 9:18

But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.

Proverbs 9:18

But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.

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