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9:1 Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars; 9:2 She has prepared her food, she has mixed her wine; She has also set her table; 9:3 She has sent out her maidens, she calls From the tops of the heights of the city: 9:4 "Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!" To him who lacks understanding she says, 9:5 "Come, eat of my food, And drink of the wine I have mixed. 9:6 "Forsake [your] folly and live, And proceed in the way of understanding." 9:7 He who corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself, And he who reproves a wicked man [gets] insults for himself. 9:8 Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you, Reprove a wise man, and he will love you. 9:9 Give [instruction] to a wise man, and he will be still wiser, Teach a righteous man, and he will increase [his] learning. 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 9:11 For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you. 9:12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And if you scoff, you alone will bear it. 9:13 The woman of folly is boisterous, [She is] naive, and knows nothing. 9:14 And she sits at the doorway of her house, On a seat by the high places of the city, 9:15 Calling to those who pass by, Who are making their paths straight: 9:16 "Whoever is naive, let him turn in here," And to him who lacks understanding she says, 9:17 "Stolen water is sweet; And bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant." 9:18 But he does not know that the dead are there, [That] her guests are in the depths of Sheol.