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\c 9
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\v 1 Wisdom builds her own house, just like a woman who has built her home,
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\q2 and she made seven pillars that she used to support the roof of her house.
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\v 2 She prepared a meal and set her table;
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\q1 she prepared the animals and cooked them to serve for the dinner,
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\q1 and she made the wine ready for her guests.
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\v 3 Like a woman who sends out her maids to give the invitations to her guests, Wisdom calls out from the highest place in the city for all to hear, and she says:
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\v 4 "If you have not been instructed, come here!"
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\q1 and she gives the invitation to come to those who have no good judgment.
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\v 5 "Come and eat the food that I have prepared," she says,
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\q2 "and drink the good wine that I have mixed.
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\v 6 Leave your untrained ways behind you, and live,
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\q2 and I will show you how to walk on the road that will give you understanding.
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\v 7 If you rebuke someone who says insulting things about other people, he will insult you, too.
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\q1 If you offer correction to an evil person, he will hurt you.
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\v 8 A person who insults others will hate you if you tell him to stop.
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\q2 But if you rebuke a wise person, he will become your friend.
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\v 9 If you give instruction to a wise person, he will become even more wise.
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\q2 And if you teach a person who does what is right, he will learn even more.
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\v 10 The first step in getting wisdom is to give Yahweh the respect he deserves,
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\q2 and knowing Yahweh, the Holy One, is the where understanding comes from.
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\v 11 If you become wise, your days will be filled full,
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\q2 and you will add years to your life.
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\v 12 If you get wisdom, you will gain many benefits from it;
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\q2 but when you ridicule other people, you will suffer by yourself."
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\v 13 A foolish woman talks loudly;
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\q2 she is untaught in the subjects of wisdom and she knows very little.
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\v 14 She sits at the door of her house
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\q2 or on the highest place in the town,
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\v 15 and she calls out to the men who are passing by,
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\q2 to those walking down the road, concerned only about where they are going.
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\v 16 "Any of you who have no experience, come here,"
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\q2 she says to those who have no good judgment.
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\v 17 "Water that you have stolen is sweet,
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\q2 and food that you eat by yourself is delicious,
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\v 18 The man does not know that the dead are in her home;
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\q2 that those who went in to her are now in the grave."
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