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Wisdom builds her house and prepares a feast, the fear of the LORD is again named as wisdom's beginning, and the foolish woman offers stolen pleasures whose guests end in death.
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Proverbs 9
Wisdom builds her house and prepares a feast, the fear of the LORD is again named as wisdom's beginning, and the foolish woman offers stolen pleasures whose guests end in death.
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1Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her…2She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine;…3She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the…4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for…5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine…6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way…7He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and…8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a…9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be…10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom:…11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the…12If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself:…13A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth…14For she sitteth at the door of her house, on…15To call passengers who go right on their ways:16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as…17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is…18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and…