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| Proverbs 9:1 | Wisdom has made her house, putting up her seven pillars. | Wisdom hath builded her house; She hath hewn out her seven pillars: |
| Proverbs 9:2 | She has put her fat beasts to death; her wine is mixed, her table is ready. | She hath killed her beasts; She hath mingled her wine; She hath also furnished her table: |
| Proverbs 9:3 | She has sent out her women-servants; her voice goes out to the highest places of the town, saying, | She hath sent forth her maidens; She crieth upon the highest places of the city: |
| Proverbs 9:4 | Whoever is simple, let him come in here; and to him who has no sense, she says: | Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him, |
| Proverbs 9:5 | Come, take of my bread, and of my wine which is mixed. | Come, eat ye of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled. |
| Proverbs 9:6 | Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge. | Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding. |
| Proverbs 9:7 | He who gives teaching to a man of pride gets shame for himself; he who says sharp words to a sinner gets a bad name. | He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man [getteth] himself a blot. |
| Proverbs 9:8 | Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him. | Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee. |
| Proverbs 9:9 | Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased. | Give [instruction] to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning. |
| Proverbs 9:10 | The fear of the Lord is the start of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One gives a wise mind | The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. |
| Proverbs 9:11 | For by me your days will be increased, and the years of your life will be long. | For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased. |
| Proverbs 9:12 | If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if your heart is full of pride, you only will have the pain of it. | If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it. |
| Proverbs 9:13 | The foolish woman is full of noise; she has no sense at all. | The foolish woman is clamorous; [She is] simple, and knoweth nothing. |
| Proverbs 9:14 | Seated at the door of her house, in the high places of the town, | And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city, |
| Proverbs 9:15 | Crying out to those who go by, going straight on their way, she says: | To call to them that pass by, Who go right on their ways: |
| Proverbs 9:16 | Whoever is simple, let him come in here: and to him who is without sense, she says: | Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him, |
| Proverbs 9:17 | Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing. | Stolen waters are sweet, And bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant. |
| Proverbs 9:18 | But he does not see that the dead are there, that her guests are in the deep places of the underworld. | But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol. |
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