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