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9:1  Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars;
9:2  She has slaughtered her cattle, she has mixed her wine; She has also prepared her table;
9:3  She has sent out her maidens, she calls From the tops of the heights of the city:
9:4  “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” To him who lacks a heart of wisdom she says,
9:5  “Come, eat of my bread And drink of the wine I have mixed.
9:6  Forsake your simplicity and live, And step into the way of understanding.”
9:7  He who disciplines a scoffer receives disgrace for himself, And he who reproves a wicked man receives injury for himself.
9:8  Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you, Reprove a wise man and he will love you.
9:9  Give knowledge to a wise man and he will be still wiser, Make a righteous man know it and he will increase his learning.
9:10  The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
9:11  For by me your days will become many, And years of life will be added to you.
9:12  If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
9:13  The woman of foolishness is boisterous, A woman of simplicity, and does not know anything.
9:14  She sits at the doorway of her house, On a seat by the high places of the city,
9:15  To call to those who pass by that way, Who are making their paths straight:
9:16  “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here,” And to him who lacks a heart of wisdom she says,
9:17  “Stolen water is sweet; And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
9:18  But he does not know that the dead are there, That those she called are in the depths of Sheol.