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9:1  Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars:
9:2  She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also furnished her table.
9:3  She has sent forth her maidens: she cries upon the highest places of the city,
9:4  Whosoever is simple, let him turn in here: as for him that lacks understanding, she says to him,
9:5  Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mixed.
9:6  Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
9:7  He that reproves a scoffer gets for himself shame: and he that rebukes a wicked man gets himself injury.
9:8  Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
9:9  Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
9:10  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
9:11  For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.
9:12  If you are wise, you shall be wise for yourself: but if you scoff, you alone shall bear it.
9:13  A foolish woman is boisterous: she is simple, and knows nothing.
9:14  For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
9:15  To call those who pass by who go right on their ways:
9:16  Whosoever is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him that lacks understanding, she says to him,
9:17  Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
9:18  But he knows not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of the grave.