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9:1  Wisdom has built her house, she has set up her seven columns;
9:2  She has prepared her meat, mixed her wine, yes, she has spread her table.
9:3  She has sent out her maidservants; she calls from the heights out over the city:
9:4  “Let whoever is naive turn in here; to any who lack sense I say,
9:5  Come, eat of my food, and drink of the wine I have mixed!
9:6  Forsake foolishness that you may live; advance in the way of understanding.”
9:7  Whoever corrects the arrogant earns insults; and whoever reproves the wicked incurs opprobrium.
9:8  Do not reprove the arrogant, lest they hate you; reprove the wise, and they will love you.
9:9  Instruct the wise, and they become still wiser; teach the just, and they advance in learning.
9:10  The beginning of wisdom is fear of the Lord, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
9:11  For by me your days will be multiplied and the years of your life increased.
9:12  If you are wise, wisdom is to your advantage; if you are arrogant, you alone shall bear it.
9:13  Woman Folly is raucous, utterly foolish; she knows nothing.
9:14  She sits at the door of her house upon a seat on the city heights,
9:15  Calling to passersby as they go on their way straight ahead:
9:16  “Let those who are naive turn in here, to those who lack sense I say,
9:17  Stolen water is sweet, and bread taken secretly is pleasing!”
9:18  Little do they know that the shades are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol!