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Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars.
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She has prepared her meat; she has mingled her wine; she has even set her table.
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She has sent her maidens, she calls on the wings of the heights of the city,
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"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here." To the one devoid of sense, she says to him,
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"Come, partake of my bread and drink of the wine I have mingled.
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Leave, you simpletons, and live, and step in the way of understanding."
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He who chastens a scorner takes disgrace for himself, and he who reproves a wicked man, that is his blemish.
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Reprove not a scorner lest he hate you; reprove a wise man and he will love you.
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Give a wise man, and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
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The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord, and the knowledge of the holy ones is understanding.
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For with me shall your days increase, and they will add to you years of life.
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If you have become wise, you have become wise for yourself, and if you scorn, you will bear it alone.
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The woman of folly is turbulent; [she is] simple and knows nothing.
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She sits at the entrance of her house on a chair on the heights of the city,
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to call the passersby, who are going straight on their ways,
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"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here, and whoever is devoid of sense," and she says to him,
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"Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
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But he does not know that shades are there; her guests are in the depths of the grave.
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