Proverbs 9
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1Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:1Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.
2She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.2She has prepared her meat; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
3She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,3She has sent out her female servants; she calls out from the highest points of the city:
4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,4"Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!" To the one who lacks sense, she says,
5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.5"Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine I have mixed.
6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.6Leave inexperience behind, and you will live; pursue the way of understanding.
7He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.7The one who corrects a mocker will bring abuse on himself; the one who rebukes the wicked will get hurt.
8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.8Don't rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke the wise, and he will love you.
9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.9Instruct the wise, and he will be wiser still; teach the righteous, and he will learn more.
10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.10"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.11For by me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
12If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.12If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit; if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences."
13A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.13Folly is a rowdy woman; she is gullible and knows nothing.
14For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,14She sits by the doorway of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
15To call passengers who go right on their ways:15calling to those who pass by, who go straight ahead on their paths:
16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,16"Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!" To the one who lacks sense, she says,
17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.17"Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten secretly is tasty!"
18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.18But he doesn't know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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