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9:1  Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn her seven pillars.
9:2  She has slaughtered her animals, she has mixed her wine, she has also set her table.
9:3  She has sent out her servant-girls, she calls from the highest places in the town,
9:4  ‘You that are simple, turn in here!’ To those without sense she says,
9:5  ‘Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
9:6  Lay aside immaturity, and live, and walk in the way of insight.’
9:7  Whoever corrects a scoffer wins abuse; whoever rebukes the wicked gets hurt.
9:8  A scoffer who is rebuked will only hate you; the wise, when rebuked, will love you.
9:9  Give instruction to the wise, and they will become wiser still; teach the righteous and they will gain in learning.
9:10  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
9:11  For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
9:12  If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
9:13  The foolish woman is loud; she is ignorant and knows nothing.
9:14  She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the high places of the town,
9:15  calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way,
9:16  ‘You who are simple, turn in here!’ And to those without sense she says,
9:17  ‘Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.’
9:18  But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.