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| | Pro 9:1 | Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out its seven pillars.
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| | Pro 9:2 | She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
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| | Pro 9:3 | She has sent out her maids, and she calls from the highest point of the city.
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| | Pro 9:4 | "Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment.
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| | Pro 9:5 | "Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.
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| | Pro 9:6 | Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.
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| | Pro 9:7 | "Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.
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| | Pro 9:8 | Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you.
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| | Pro 9:9 | Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.
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| | Pro 9:10 | "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
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| | Pro 9:11 | For through me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
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| | Pro 9:12 | If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer."
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| | Pro 9:13 | The woman Folly is loud; she is undisciplined and without knowledge.
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| | Pro 9:14 | She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
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| | Pro 9:15 | calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way.
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| | Pro 9:16 | "Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment.
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| | Pro 9:17 | "Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!"
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| | Pro 9:18 | But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
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