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9:1  Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out its seven pillars.
9:2  She has prepared her meat, she has mixed her wine; she also has arranged her table.
9:3  She has sent out her female servants; she calls out on the highest places of the city.
9:4  "Whoever is naive, let him turn in here," she says to those who lack understanding.
9:5  "Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed.
9:6  Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding."
9:7  Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse.
9:8  Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you.
9:9  Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.
9:10  The beginning of wisdom is to fear the LORD, and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding.
9:11  For because of me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
9:12  If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you are a mocker, you alone must bear it.
9:13  The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything.
9:14  So she sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
9:15  calling out to those who are passing by her in the way, who go straight on their way.
9:16  "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here," she says to those who lack understanding.
9:17  "Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!"
9:18  But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.