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The Book of Proverbs
Chapter 9
Wisdom invites all to her feast. Folly calls another way.
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Wisdom hath built herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven pillars. |
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She hath slain her victims, mingled her wine, and set forth her table. |
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She hath sent her maids to invite to the tower, and to the walls of the city: |
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Whosoever is a little one, let him come to me. And to the unwise she said: |
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Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you. |
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Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence. |
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He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself; and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot. |
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Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. |
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Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it. |
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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence. |
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For by me shall thy days be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee. |
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If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil. |
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A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all, |
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Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city, |
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To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey: |
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He that is a little one, let him turn to me. And to the fool she said: |
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Stolen waters are sweeter, and hidden bread is more pleasant. |
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And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell. |
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