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9:1  Wisdom has built her house; she has set up its seven pillars.
9:2  She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
9:3  She has sent out her servants, and she calls from the highest point of the city,
9:4  "Let all who are simple come to my house!" To those who have no sense she says,
9:5  "Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.
9:6  Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight."
9:7  Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults; whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.
9:8  Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you.
9:9  Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.
9:10  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
9:11  For through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
9:12  If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.
9:13  Folly is an unruly woman; she is simple and knows nothing.
9:14  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 pass by, who go straight on their way,
9:16  "Let all who are simple come to my house!" To those who have no sense she says,
9:17  "Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!"
9:18  But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.