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1 Wis­dom hath build­ed her house, she hath hewn out her sev­en pil­lars:
2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath min­gled her wine; she hath also fur­nished her table.
3 She hath sent forth her maid­ens: she cri­eth upon the high­est places of the city,
4 Whoso is sim­ple, let him turn in hith­er: as for him that wan­teth un­der­stand­ing, she saith to him,
5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have min­gled.
6 For­sake the fool­ish, and live; and go in the way of un­der­stand­ing.
7 He that re­proveth a scorner get­teth to him­self shame: and he that re­buketh a wicked ­man getteth him­self a blot.
8 Re­prove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: re­buke a wise man, and he will love thee.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wis­er: teach a just man, and he will in­crease in learn­ing.
10 The fear of the LORD is the be­gin­ning of wis­dom: and the knowl­edge of the holy is un­der­stand­ing.
11 For by me thy days shall be mul­ti­plied, and the years of thy life shall be in­creased.
12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thy­self: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
13 A fool­ish wom­an is clam­orous: she is sim­ple, and knoweth noth­ing.
14 For she sit­teth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
15 To call pas­sen­gers who go right on their ways:
16 Whoso is sim­ple, let him turn in hith­er: and as for him that wan­teth un­der­stand­ing, she saith to him,
17 Stolen wa­ters are sweet, and bread eaten in se­cret is pleas­ant.
18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.