📖 Proverbs 9
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The Consequences of Accepting Wisdom or Folly Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out its seven pillars.
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She has prepared her meat, she has mixed her wine; she also has arranged her table.
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She has sent out her female servants; she calls out on the highest places of the city.
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“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding, she has said,
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“Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed.
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Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”
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Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse.
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Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you.
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Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.
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The beginning of wisdom is to fear the LORD, and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding.
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For because of me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
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If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you have mocked, you alone must bear it.
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The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything.
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And she has sat down at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
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calling out to those who are passing by her in the way, who go straight on their way.
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“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding she has said,
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“Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!”
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But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.