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Proverbs 9
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Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: |
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She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also
furnished her table. |
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| 9:3
She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the
city, |
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Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth
understanding, she saith to him, |
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Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. |
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Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. |
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He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh
a wicked man getteth himself a blot. |
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| 9:8
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will
love thee. |
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| 9:9
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just
man, and he will increase in learning. |
"Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning."
Has the ever been a just person?
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| 9:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the
holy is understanding. |
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For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be
increased. |
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| 9:12
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest,
thou alone shalt bear it. |
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A foolish woman is
clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. |
(9:13-18) We are warned again about "foolish
women" who are "simple" and "knoweth nothing," who drag
their guests into "the depths of hell."
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| 9:14
For she sitteth at the
door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, |
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To call passengers who
go right on their ways: |
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Whoso is simple, let
him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to
him, |
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Stolen waters are
sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. |
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But he knoweth not that
the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
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