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9:1  Wisdom has built her house with its seven columns.
9:2  She has prepared the meat and set out the wine. Her feast is ready.
9:3  She has sent her servant women to announce her invitation from the highest hills:
9:4  “Everyone who is ignorant or foolish is invited!
9:5  All of you are welcome to my meat and wine.
9:6  If you want to live, give up your foolishness and let understanding guide your steps.”
9:7  Correct a worthless bragger, and all you will get are insults and injuries.
9:8  Any bragger you correct will only hate you. But if you correct someone who has common sense, you will be loved.
9:9  If you have good sense, instruction will help you to have even better sense. And if you live right, education will help you to know even more.
9:10  Respect and obey the Lord! This is the beginning of wisdom. To have understanding, you must know the Holy God.
9:11  I am Wisdom. If you follow me, you will live a long time.
9:12  Good sense is good for you, but if you brag, you hurt yourself.
9:13  Stupidity is reckless, senseless, and foolish.
9:14  She sits in front of her house and on the highest hills in the town.
9:15  She shouts to everyone who passes by,
9:16  “If you are stupid, come on inside!” And to every fool she says,
9:17  “Stolen water tastes best, and the food you eat in secret tastes best of all.”
9:18  None who listen to Stupidity understand that her guests are as good as dead.