Book - Proverbs - Chapter = 9 --> NLT
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Wisdom has built her spacious house with seven pillars.
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She has prepared a great banquet, mixed the wines, and set the table.
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She has sent her servants to invite everyone to come. She calls out from the heights overlooking the city.
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"Come home with me," she urges the simple. To those without good judgment, she says,
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"Come, eat my food, and drink the wine I have mixed.
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Leave your foolish ways behind, and begin to live; learn how to be wise."
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Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get a smart retort. Anyone who rebukes the wicked will get hurt.
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So don't bother rebuking mockers; they will only hate you. But the wise, when rebuked, will love you all the more.
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Teach the wise, and they will be wiser. Teach the righteous, and they will learn more.
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Fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. Knowledge of the Holy One results in understanding.
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Wisdom will multiply your days and add years to your life.
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If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit. If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.
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The woman named Folly is loud and brash. She is ignorant and doesn't even know it.
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She sits in her doorway on the heights overlooking the city.
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She calls out to men going by who are minding their own business.
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"Come home with me," she urges the simple. To those without good judgment, she says,
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"Stolen water is refreshing; food eaten in secret tastes the best!"
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But the men don't realize that her former guests are now in the grave.