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9:1  Wisdom has built her house; she has made its seven columns.
9:2  She has prepared her food and wine; she has set her table.
9:3  She has sent out her servant girls, and she calls out from the highest place in the city.
9:4  She says to those who are uneducated, “Come in here, you foolish people!
9:5  Come and eat my food and drink the wine I have prepared.
9:6  Stop your foolish ways, and you will live; take the road of understanding.
9:7  “If you correct someone who makes fun of wisdom, you will be insulted. If you correct an evil person, you will get hurt.
9:8  Do not correct those who make fun of wisdom, or they will hate you. But correct the wise, and they will love you.
9:9  Teach the wise, and they will become even wiser; teach good people, and they will learn even more.
9:10  “Wisdom begins with respect for the Lord, and understanding begins with knowing the Holy One.
9:11  If you live wisely, you will live a long time; wisdom will add years to your life.
9:12  The wise person is rewarded by wisdom, but whoever makes fun of wisdom will suffer for it.”
9:13  Foolishness is like a loud woman; she does not have wisdom or knowledge.
9:14  She sits at the door of her house at the highest place in the city.
9:15  She calls out to those who are passing by, who are going along, minding their own business.
9:16  She says to those who are uneducated, “Come in here, you foolish people!
9:17  Stolen water is sweeter, and food eaten in secret tastes better.”
9:18  But these people don’t know that everyone who goes there dies, that her guests end up deep in the grave.