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v[Matt. 16:18; 1 Pet. 2:5]; See Eph. 2:20-22 Wisdom has built her house;
she has hewn herw[Rev. 1:4] sevenx[1 Tim. 3:15] pillars.
2 She hasy[Matt. 22:4] slaughtered her beasts; she haszch. 23:30; Song 8:2 mixed her wine;
she has alsoaPs. 23:5; [Luke 14:17] set her table.
3 She hasb[Ps. 68:11; Matt. 22:3; 23:34] sent out her young women tocch. 8:1, 2 call
fromdver. 14; ch. 8:2; [Matt. 10:27] the highest places in the town,
4 ever. 16; [Matt. 11:25; 1 Cor. 1:26] “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here! ”
fch. 6:32 To him who lacks sense she says,
5 “Come,g[Song 5:1; Isa. 55:1; John 6:27] eat of my bread
andh[John 7:37] drink ofz[See ver. 2 above] the wine I have mixed.
6 LeaveiSee ch. 1:4 your simple ways,1Or Leave the company of the simple andj[ver. 11] live,
k[ch. 23:19] and walk in the way of insight. ”
7 Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,
and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
8 l[Matt. 7:6] Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
mSee Ps. 141:5 reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will ben[Matt. 13:12] still wiser;
teach a righteous man, and he willoch. 1:5 increase in learning.
10 pSee ch. 1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
andqch. 30:3 the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
11 For by mer[ch. 10:27]; See ch. 3:2 your days will be multiplied,
and years will be added to your life.
12 s[Job 22:2, 3; 1 Cor. 3:8; Gal. 6:5] If you are wise, you are wise for yourself;
if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
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tFor ver. 13-18, see ch. 7:7-27 The woman Folly isuch. 7:11 loud;
she is seductive1Or full of simpleness andvch. 5:6 knows nothing.
14 She sits at the door of her house;
she takes a seat onwver. 3 the highest places of the town,
15 calling to those who pass by,
who arex[ver. 6] going straight on their way,
16 yver. 4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here! ”
And to him who lacks sense she says,
17 z[ch. 5:15] “Stolen water is sweet,
anda[ch. 20:17; 30:20] bread eaten in secret is pleasant. ”
18 But he does not knowbSee ch. 7:27 that the dead are there,
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.