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  9:1 ¶
Wisdom has built a house for herself, and set up seven pillars. |
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9:1 ¶
Wisdom°
hath builded°°
her house,°
she hath hewn out°°
her seven°
pillars:° |
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9:2
She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine in a bowl, and prepared her table. |
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9:2
She hath killed°°
her beasts;°
she hath mingled°°
her wine;°
she hath also°
furnished°°
her table.° |
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9:3
She has sent forth her servants, calling with a loud proclamation to the feast, saying, |
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9:3
She hath sent forth°°
her maidens:°
she crieth°°
upon°°
the highest places°°
of the city,° |
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9:4
Whoso is foolish, let him turn aside to me: and to them that want understanding she says, |
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9:4
Whoso°
[is] simple,°
let him turn°
in°°
hither:°
[as for] him that wanteth°
understanding,°
she saith°°
to him, |
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9:5
Come, eat of my bread, and drink wine which I have mingled for you. |
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9:5
Come,°°°
eat°°
of my bread,°
and drink°°
of the wine°
[which] I have mingled.°° |
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9:6
Leave folly, that ye may reign for ever; and seek wisdom, and improve understanding by knowledge. |
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9:6
Forsake°°
the foolish,°
and live;°°
and go°°
in the way°
of understanding.° |
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9:7
He that reproves evil [men] shall get dishonour to himself; and he that rebukes an ungodly [man] shall disgrace himself. |
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9:7
He that reproveth°°
a scorner°°
getteth°°
to himself shame:°
and he that rebuketh°°
a wicked°
[man getteth] himself a blot.° |
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9:8
Rebuke not evil [men], lest they should hate thee: rebuke a wise [man], and he will love thee. |
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9:8
Reprove°°
not°
a scorner,°°
lest°
he hate°°
thee: rebuke°°
a wise man,°
and he will love°°
thee. |
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9:9
Give an opportunity to a wise [man], and he will be wiser: instruct a just man, and he will receive more [instruction]. |
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9:9
Give°°
[instruction] to a wise°
[man], and he will be yet°
wiser:°°
teach°°
a just°
[man], and he will increase°°
in learning.° |
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9:10
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the counsel of saints is understanding: for to know the law is [the character] of a sound mind. |
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9:10
The fear°
of Yahweh°
[is] the beginning°
of wisdom:°
and the knowledge°
of the holy°
[is] understanding.° |
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9:11
For in this way thou shalt live long, and years of thy life shall be added to thee. |
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9:11
For°
by me thy days°
shall be multiplied,°°
and the years°
of thy life°
shall be increased.°° |
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9:12
Son, if thou be wise for thyself, thou shalt also be wise for thy neighbours; and if thou shouldest prove wicked, thou alone wilt bear the evil. He that stays himself upon falsehoods, attempts to rule the winds, and the same will pursue birds in their fight: for he has forsaken the ways of his own vineyard, and he has caused the axles of his own husbandry to go astray; and he goes through a dry desert, and a [land] appointed to drought, and he gathers barrenness with his hands. |
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9:12
If°
thou be wise,°°
thou shalt be wise°°
for thyself: but [if] thou scornest,°°
thou alone°
shalt bear°°
[it]. |
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9:13 ¶
A foolish and bold woman, who knows not modesty, comes to want a morsel. |
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9:13 ¶
A foolish°
woman°
[is] clamorous:°°
[she is] simple,°
and°
knoweth°°
nothing.°° |
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9:14
She sits at the doors of her house, on a seat openly in the streets, |
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9:14
For she sitteth°°
at the door°
of her house,°
on°
a seat°
in the high places°
of the city,° |
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9:15
calling to passers by, and to those that are going right on their ways; |
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9:15
To call°°
passengers°°°
who go right°°
on their ways:° |
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9:16
[saying], Whoso is most senseless of you, let him turn aside to me; and I exhort those that want prudence, saying, |
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9:16
Whoso°
[is] simple,°
let him turn°
in°°
hither:°
and [as for] him that wanteth°
understanding,°
she saith°°
to him, |
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9:17
Take and enjoy secret bread, and the sweet water of theft. |
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9:17
Stolen°°
waters°
are sweet,°°
and bread°
[eaten] in secret°
is pleasant.°° |
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9:18
But he knows that mighty men die by her, and he falls in with a snare of hell. But hasten away, delay not in the place, neither fix thine eye upon her: for thus shalt thou go through strange water; but do thou abstain from strange water, and drink not of a strange fountain, that thou mayest live long, and years of life may be added to thee. |
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9:18
But he knoweth°°
not°
that°
the dead°
[are] there;°
[and that] her guests°°
[are] in the depths°°
of hell.° |
