Chapter 9

¹ Wisdom has built a house for herself,

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² She has killed her beasts;

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³ She has sent forth her servants,

Pr 9:3

⁴ Whoso is foolish, let him turn aside to me:

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⁵ Come, eat of my bread,

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⁶ Leave folly, that ye may reign forever;

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⁷ He that reproves evil [men] shall get dishonor to himself;

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⁸ Rebuke not evil [men], lest they should hate thee:

Pr 9:8

⁹ Give an opportunity to a wise [man], and he will be wiser:

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¹⁰ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,

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¹⁰ a For to know the law is [the character] of a sound mind.

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¹¹ For in this way thou shalt live long,

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¹² Son, if thou be wise for thyself, thou shalt also be wise for thy neighbors;

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¹² a He that stays himself upon falsehoods, attempts to rule the winds,

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¹² b For he has forsaken the ways of his own vineyard,

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¹² c And he goes through a dry desert,

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¹³ A foolish and bold woman, who knows not modesty,

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¹⁴ She sits at the doors of her house,

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¹⁵ Calling to passers by,

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¹⁶ [saying],

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¹⁷ Take and enjoy secret bread,

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¹⁸ But he knows that mighty men die by her,

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¹⁸ a But hasten away, delay not in the place,

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¹⁸ b For thus shalt thou go through strange water;

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¹⁸ c But do thou abstain from strange water,

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¹⁸ d That thou mayest live long,

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