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9:1  Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars.
9:2  She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
9:3  She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town,
9:4  “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” To him who lacks sense she says,
9:5  “Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
9:6  Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight.”
9:7  Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
9:8  Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
9:9  Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous 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 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 woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing.
9:14  She sits at the door of her house; she takes a seat on the highest places of the town,
9:15  calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way,
9:16  “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” And to him who lacks sense she says,
9:17  “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
9:18  But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.