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1. Wisdom has built a house for herself, and set up seven pillars.
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1. Wisdom H2454 hath built H1129 her house H1004 , she hath hewn out H2672 her seven H7651 pillars H5982 :
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2. She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine in a bowl, and prepared her table.
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2. She hath killed H2873 her beasts H2874 ; she hath mingled H4537 her wine H3196 ; she hath also H637 furnished H6186 her table H7979 .
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3. She has sent forth her servants, calling with a loud proclamation to the feast, saying,
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3. She hath sent forth H7971 her maidens H5291 : she crieth H7121 upon H5921 the highest places H1610 H4791 of the city H7176 ,
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4. Whoso is foolish, let him turn aside to me: and to them that want understanding she says,
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4. Whoso H4310 is simple H6612 , let him turn H5493 in hither H2008 : as for him that wanteth H2638 understanding H3820 , she saith H559 to him,
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5. Come, eat of my bread, and drink wine which I have mingled for you.
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5. Come H1980 , eat H3898 of my bread H3899 , and drink H8354 of the wine H3196 which I have mingled H4537 .
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6. Leave folly, that ye may reign for ever; and seek Alex. +’that ye may live wisdom, and improve understanding by knowledge.
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6. Forsake H5800 the foolish H6612 , and live H2421 ; and go H833 in the way H1870 of understanding H998 .
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7. He that reproves evil men shall get dishonour to himself; and he that rebukes an ungodly man shall disgrace himself.
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7. He that reproveth H3256 a scorner H3887 getteth H3947 to himself shame H7036 : and he that rebuketh H3198 a wicked H7563 man getteth himself a blot H3971 .
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8. Rebuke not evil men, lest they should hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
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8. Reprove H3198 not H408 a scorner H3887 , lest H6435 he hate H8130 thee: rebuke H3198 a wise man H2450 , and he will love H157 thee.
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9. Give an opportunity to a wise man, and he will be wiser: instruct a just man, and he will receive more instruction.
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9. Give H5414 instruction to a wise H2450 man , and he will be yet H5750 wiser H2449 : teach H3045 a just H6662 man , and he will increase H3254 in learning H3948 .
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10. The fear of the Lord is the Or, summit beginning of wisdom, and the counsel of saints is understanding: (9:10AA) for to know the law is the character of a sound mind.
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10. The fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 is the beginning H8462 of wisdom H2451 : and the knowledge H1847 of the holy H6918 is understanding H998 .
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11. For in this way thou shalt live long, and years of thy life shall be added to thee.
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11. For H3588 by me thy days H3117 shall be multiplied H7235 , and the years H8141 of thy life H2416 shall be increased H3254 .
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12. Son, if thou be wise for thyself, thou shalt also be wise for thy neighbours; and if thou shouldest prove wicked, thou alone wilt bear the evil. Hebrew—to beginning of verse 13(9:12AA) He that stays himself upon falsehoods, attempts to rule the winds, and the same will pursue birds in their fight: (9:12BA) for he has forsaken the ways of his own vineyard, and he has caused the axles of his own husbandry to go astray; (9:12CA) and he goes through a dry desert, and a land appointed to drought, and he gathers barrenness with his hands.
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12. If H518 thou be wise H2449 , thou shalt be wise H2449 for thyself : but if thou scornest H3887 , thou alone H905 shalt bear H5375 it .
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13. A foolish and bold woman, who knows not modesty, comes to want a morsel.
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13. A foolish H3687 woman H802 is clamorous H1993 : she is simple H6615 , and knoweth H3045 nothing H1077 H4100 .
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14. She sits at the doors of her house, on a seat openly in the streets,
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14. For she sitteth H3427 at the door H6607 of her house H1004 , on H5921 a seat H3678 in the high places H4791 of the city H7176 ,
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15. calling to passers by, and to those that are going right on their ways;
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15. To call H7121 passengers H5674 H1870 who go right H3474 on their ways H734 :
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16. saying, Whoso is most senseless of you, let him turn aside to me; and I exhort those that want prudence, saying,
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16. Whoso H4310 is simple H6612 , let him turn H5493 in hither H2008 : and as for him that wanteth H2638 understanding H3820 , she saith H559 to him,
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17. Take and enjoy secret bread, and the sweet water of theft.
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17. Stolen H1589 waters H4325 are sweet H4985 , and bread H3899 eaten in secret H5643 is pleasant H5276 .
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18. But he knows that mighty men die by her, and he falls in with a snare of hell. (9:18AA) But hasten away, delay not in the place, neither fix thine eye upon her: (9:18BA) for thus shalt thou go through strange water; (9:18CA) but do thou abstain from strange water, and drink not of a strange fountain, (9:18DA) that thou mayest live long, and years of life may be added to thee.
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18. But he knoweth H3045 not H3808 that H3588 the dead H7496 are there H8033 ; and that her guests H7121 are in the depths H6011 of hell H7585 .
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