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9:1 |
isedome hath builded her house: she hath hewen out her seuen pillars. |
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9:2 |
She hath killed her beastes; she hath mingled her wine: she hath also furnished her table. |
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9:3 |
She hath sent forth her maidens; she cryeth vpon the highest places of the citie. |
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9:4 |
Who so is simple, let him turne in hither: as for him that wanteth vnderstanding, she sayth to him: |
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9:5 |
Come, eate of my bread, and drinke of the wine, which I haue mingled. |
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9:6 |
Forsake the foolish, and liue; and goe in the way of vnderstanding. |
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9:7 |
He that reproueth a scorner, getteth to himselfe shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himselfe a blot. |
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9:8 |
Reproue not a scorner, lest hee hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and hee will loue thee. |
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9:9 |
Giue instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a iust man, and he will increase in learning. |
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9:10 |
The feare of the Lord is the beginning of wisedome: and the knowledge of the holy is vnderstanding. |
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9:11 |
For by me thy dayes shall be multiplied: and the yeeres of thy life shalbe increased. |
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9:12 |
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thy selfe: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt beare it. |
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9:13 |
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, & knoweth nothing. |
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9:14 |
For she sitteth at the doore of her house on a seate, in the high places of the Citie: |
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9:15 |
To call passengers who go right on their wayes: |
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9:16 |
Who so is simple, let him turne in hither: and as for him that wanteth vnderstanding, she saith to him; |
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9:17 |
Stollen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. |
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9:18 |
But hee knoweth not that the dead are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell. |
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