  THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON
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  9:1  Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven 
        pillars:

  9:2  She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath 
       also furnished her table.

  9:3  She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest 
       places of the city,

  9:4  Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him that 
       wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

  9:5  Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have 
       mingled.

  9:6  Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of 
       understanding.

  9:7  He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he 
       that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.

  9:8  Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and 
       he will love thee.

  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 [is] understanding.

  9:11  For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy 
        life shall be increased.

  9:12  If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou 
        scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].

  9:13  A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth 
        nothing.

  9:14  For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high 
        places of the city,

  9:15  To call passengers who go right on their ways:

  9:16  Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that 
        wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

  9:17  Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.

  9:18  But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her 
        guests [are] in the depths of hell.




