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9:1  Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.
9:2  She has slaughtered her meat, she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
9:3  She has sent out her servant girls. She calls from the city’s heights:
9:4  “Whoever is naïve, turn in here!” To those who lack understanding, she says:
9:5  “Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.
9:6  Abandon your foolish ways and live! Walk in the way of understanding.”
9:7  Whoever corrects a scoffer is asking for insult. Whoever reproves a wicked man gets abuse.
9:8  Do not correct a scoffer or he will hate you. Rebuke a wise man and he will love you.
9:9  Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still. Teach a righteous man and he will increase in learning.
9:10  The fear of Adonai is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
9:11  For through me your days will be many and years will be added to your life.
9:12  If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you scoff, you bear it alone.
9:13  The foolish woman is rowdy. She is naïve and knows nothing.
9:14  So she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
9:15  calling to those who pass by, who go straight on their way:
9:16  “Whoever is naïve, let him turn in here.” To those who lack understanding, she says:
9:17  “Stolen water is sweet and bread eaten in secret is delicious!”
9:18  But he does not know that the dead are there— her guests are in the depths of Sheol.