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9:1  Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars;
9:2  She has slaughtered her meat, She has mixed her wine, She has also furnished her table.
9:3  She has sent out her maidens, She cries out from the highest places of the city,
9:4  “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” As for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
9:5  “Come, eat of my bread And drink of the wine I have mixed.
9:6  Forsake foolishness and live, And go in the way of understanding.
9:7  “He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself, And he who rebukes a wicked man only harms himself.
9:8  Do not correct 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 still 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 will be multiplied, 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 will bear it alone.”
9:13  A foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knows nothing.
9:14  For she sits at the door of her house, On a seat by the highest places of the city,
9:15  To call to those who pass by, Who go straight on their way:
9:16  “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here”; And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
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 her guests are in the depths of hell.