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1. Wisdom has built her house; she has made its seven columns.
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1. Wisdom H2454 hath built H1129 her house H1004 , she hath hewn out H2672 her seven H7651 pillars H5982 :
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2. She has prepared her food and wine; she has set her table.
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2. She hath killed H2873 her beasts H2874 ; she hath mingled H4537 her wine H3196 ; she hath also H637 furnished H6186 her table H7979 .
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3. She has sent out her servant girls, and she calls out from the highest place in the city.
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3. She hath sent forth H7971 her maidens H5291 : she crieth H7121 upon H5921 the highest places H1610 H4791 of the city H7176 ,
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4. She says to those who are uneducated, "Come in here, you foolish people!
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4. Whoso H4310 is simple H6612 , let him turn H5493 in hither H2008 : as for him that wanteth H2638 understanding H3820 , she saith H559 to him,
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5. Come and eat my food and drink the wine I have prepared.
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5. Come H1980 , eat H3898 of my bread H3899 , and drink H8354 of the wine H3196 which I have mingled H4537 .
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6. Stop your foolish ways, and you will live; take the road of understanding.
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6. Forsake H5800 the foolish H6612 , and live H2421 ; and go H833 in the way H1870 of understanding H998 .
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7. "If you correct someone who makes fun of wisdom, you will be insulted. If you correct an evil person, you will get hurt.
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7. He that reproveth H3256 a scorner H3887 getteth H3947 to himself shame H7036 : and he that rebuketh H3198 a wicked H7563 man getteth himself a blot H3971 .
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8. Do not correct those who make fun of wisdom, or they will hate you. But correct the wise, and they will love you.
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8. Reprove H3198 not H408 a scorner H3887 , lest H6435 he hate H8130 thee: rebuke H3198 a wise man H2450 , and he will love H157 thee.
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9. Teach the wise, and they will become even wiser; teach good people, and they will learn even more.
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9. Give H5414 instruction to a wise H2450 man , and he will be yet H5750 wiser H2449 : teach H3045 a just H6662 man , and he will increase H3254 in learning H3948 .
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10. "Wisdom begins with respect for the Lord, and understanding begins with knowing the Holy One.
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10. The fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 is the beginning H8462 of wisdom H2451 : and the knowledge H1847 of the holy H6918 is understanding H998 .
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11. If you live wisely, you will live a long time; wisdom will add years to your life.
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11. For H3588 by me thy days H3117 shall be multiplied H7235 , and the years H8141 of thy life H2416 shall be increased H3254 .
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12. The wise person is rewarded by wisdom, but whoever makes fun of wisdom will suffer for it."
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12. If H518 thou be wise H2449 , thou shalt be wise H2449 for thyself : but if thou scornest H3887 , thou alone H905 shalt bear H5375 it .
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13. Foolishness is like a loud woman; she does not have wisdom or knowledge.
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13. A foolish H3687 woman H802 is clamorous H1993 : she is simple H6615 , and knoweth H3045 nothing H1077 H4100 .
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14. She sits at the door of her house at the highest place in the city.
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14. For she sitteth H3427 at the door H6607 of her house H1004 , on H5921 a seat H3678 in the high places H4791 of the city H7176 ,
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15. She calls out to those who are passing by, who are going along, minding their own business.
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15. To call H7121 passengers H5674 H1870 who go right H3474 on their ways H734 :
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16. She says to those who are uneducated, "Come in here, you foolish people!
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16. Whoso H4310 is simple H6612 , let him turn H5493 in hither H2008 : and as for him that wanteth H2638 understanding H3820 , she saith H559 to him,
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17. Stolen water is sweeter, and food eaten in secret tastes better."
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17. Stolen H1589 waters H4325 are sweet H4985 , and bread H3899 eaten in secret H5643 is pleasant H5276 .
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18. But these people don't know that everyone who goes there dies, that her guests end up deep in the grave.
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18. But he knoweth H3045 not H3808 that H3588 the dead H7496 are there H8033 ; and that her guests H7121 are in the depths H6011 of hell H7585 .
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