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Proverbs 9, RSV

9:1 Wisdom has built her house, she has set up her seven pillars.

9:2 She has slaughtered her beasts, she has mixed her wine, she has also set her table.

9:3 She has sent out her maids to call from the highest places in the town,

9:4 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" To him who is without sense she says,

9:5 "Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.

9:6 Leave simpleness, and live, and walk in the way of insight."

9:7 He who corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.

9:8 Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

9:9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man and he will increase in learning.

9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.

9:11 For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.

9:12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

9:13 A foolish woman is noisy; she is wanton and knows no shame.

9:14 She sits at the door of her house, she takes a seat on the high places of the town,

9:15 calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way,

9:16 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" And to him who is without sense she says,

9:17 "Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."

9:18 But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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