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9:1  Wisdom built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.
9:2  She slaughtered her animals, mixed her wine, and set her table.
9:3  She sends out her female servants; she issues an invitation from the top of the city heights:
9:4  “Whoever is naive turn aside here,” she says to those who lack sense.
9:5  “Come, eat my food, and drink the wine I have mixed.
9:6  Abandon your simplistic ways and live; walk in the way of understanding.”
9:7  Whoever instructs the cynic gets insulted; whoever corrects the wicked gets hurt.
9:8  Don’t correct the impudent, or they will hate you; correct the wise, and they will love you.
9:9  Teach the wise, and they will become wiser; inform the righteous, and their learning will increase.
9:10  The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord; the knowledge of the holy one is understanding.
9:11  Through me your days will be many; years will be added to your life.
9:12  If you are wise, it is to your benefit; if you are cynical, you will bear it all alone.
9:13  Woman Folly is noisy; she’s stupid and doesn’t even know it.
9:14  She sits at the doorway of her house, on a seat at the city heights.
9:15  She invites those who pass by on the path, those going straight on their way.
9:16  “Whoever is naive, come in here,” she says to those who lack sense.
9:17  “Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is pleasant.”
9:18  But they don’t know that the dead are there; her guests are in the depths of the grave.