| 1. Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars. |
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א. |
| 2. She has prepared her meat; she has mingled her wine; she has even set her table. |
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| 3. She has sent her maidens, she calls on the wings of the heights of the city, |
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ג. |
| 4. "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here." To the one devoid of sense, she says to him, |
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ד. |
| 5. "Come, partake of my bread and drink of the wine I have mingled. |
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ה. |
| 6. Leave, you simpletons, and live, and step in the way of understanding." |
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ו. |
| 7. He who chastens a scorner takes disgrace for himself, and he who reproves a wicked man, that is his blemish. |
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ז. |
| 8. Reprove not a scorner lest he hate you; reprove a wise man and he will love you. |
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ח. |
| 9. Give a wise man, and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning. |
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ט. |
| 10. The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord, and the knowledge of the holy ones is understanding. |
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י. |
| 11. For with me shall your days increase, and they will add to you years of life. |
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יא. |
| 12. If you have become wise, you have become wise for yourself, and if you scorn, you will bear it alone. |
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יב. |
| 13. The woman of folly is turbulent; [she is] simple and knows nothing. |
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יג. |
| 14. She sits at the entrance of her house on a chair on the heights of the city, |
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יד. |
| 15. to call the passersby, who are going straight on their ways, |
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טו. |
| 16. "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here, and whoever is devoid of sense," and she says to him, |
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| 17. "Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant." |
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יז. |
| 18. But he does not know that shades are there; her guests are in the depths of the grave. |
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יח. |
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