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9:1  Wisdom has built her house and made seven columns for it.
9:2  She has had an animal killed for a feast, mixed spices in the wine, and set the table.
9:3  She has sent her servant women to call out from the highest place in town:
9:4  “Come in, ignorant people!” And to the foolish she says,
9:5  “Come, eat my food and drink the wine that I have mixed.
9:6  Leave the company of ignorant people, and live. Follow the way of knowledge.”
9:7  If you correct conceited people, you will only be insulted. If you reprimand evil people, you will only get hurt.
9:8  Never correct conceited people; they will hate you for it. But if you correct the wise, they will respect you.
9:9  Anything you say to the wise will make them wiser. Whatever you tell the righteous will add to their knowledge.
9:10  To be wise you must first have reverence for the Lord. If you know the Holy One, you have understanding.
9:11  Wisdom will add years to your life.
9:12  You are the one who will profit if you have wisdom, and if you reject it, you are the one who will suffer.
9:13  Stupidity is like a loud, ignorant, shameless woman.
9:14  She sits at the door of her house or on a seat in the highest part of town,
9:15  and calls out to people passing by, who are minding their own business:
9:16  “Come in, ignorant people!” To the foolish she says,
9:17  “Stolen water is sweeter. Stolen bread tastes better.”
9:18  Her victims do not know that the people die who go to her house, that those who have already entered are now deep in the world of the dead.