Proverbs 9

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¹ Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:	¹ Wisdom has built herself a house, she has hewn her seven pil ars,
² She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.	² she has slaughtered her beasts, drawn her wine, she has laid her table.
³ She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,	³ She has despatched her maidservants and proclaimed from the heights above the city,
⁴ Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,	⁴ 'Who is simple? Let him come this way.' To the fool she says,
⁵ Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.	⁵ 'Come and eat my bread, drink the wine which I have drawn!
⁶ Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.	⁶ Leave foolishness behind and you wil live, go forwards in the ways of perception.'
⁷ He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.	⁷ Reprove a mocker and you attract contempt, rebuke the wicked and you attract dishonour.
⁸ Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.	⁸ Do not rebuke the mocker, he wil hate you. Rebuke the wise and he wil love you for it.
⁹ Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.	⁹ Be open with the wise, he grows wiser stil , teach the upright, he wil gain yet more.
¹⁰ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.	¹⁰ The first principle of wisdom is the fear of Yahweh, What God's holy ones know -- this isunderstanding.
¹¹ For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.	¹¹ For by me your days wil be multiplied, and your years of life increased.
¹² If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.	¹² Are you wise? You are wise to your own good. A mocker? The burden is yours alone.
¹³ A foolish woman is clamourous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.	¹³ A silly woman acts on impulse, is foolish and knows nothing.
¹⁴ For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,	¹⁴ She sits at the door of her house, on a throne high up in the city,
¹⁵ To call passengers who go right on their ways:	¹⁵ cal ing to the passers-by, who are walking straight past on their way,
¹⁶ Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,	¹⁶ 'Who is simple? Turn aside, come over here.' To the fool she says,
¹⁷ Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.	¹⁷ 'Stolen waters are sweet, and bread tastes better when eaten in secret.'
¹⁸ But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.	¹⁸ But the fool does not know that this is where the Shades are and that her guests are already in thevales of Sheol.