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9:1  Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars;
9:2  she has killed her beasts, she has mixed her wine, she has also furnished her table.
9:3  She has sent out her maidens, she cries out from the highest places of the city,
9:4  “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here.” As for him who wants understanding, she says to him,
9:5  “Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mixed.
9:6  Forsake foolishness and live, and go in the way of understanding.”
9:7  He who reproves a scorner gets shame for himself, and he who rebukes a wicked man gets hurt.
9:8  Do not reprove a scorner, lest he hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
9:9  Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
9:10  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
9:11  For by me your days will be multiplied, and the years of your life will be increased.
9:12  If you are wise, you will be wise for yourself, but if you scorn, you alone will bear it.
9:13  A foolish woman is clamorous; she is simple, and knows nothing.
9:14  For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
9:15  to call those who pass by who go right on their way:
9:16  “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here.” And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
9:17  “Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
9:18  But he does not know that the dead are there, and that her guests are in the depths of the grave.