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Proverbs 9:1
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Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars;
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Proverbs 9:2
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she hath slaughtered her cattle, she hath mingled her wine, she hath also prepared her table;
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Proverbs 9:3
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she hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the summits of the high places of the city,
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Proverbs 9:4
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Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. To him that is void of understanding, she saith,
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Proverbs 9:5
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Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled.
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Proverbs 9:6
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Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence.
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Proverbs 9:7
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He that instructeth a scorner getteth to himself shame; and he that reproveth a wicked [man] [getteth] to himself a blot.
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Proverbs 9:8
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Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise [man], and he will love thee.
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Proverbs 9:9
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Impart to a wise [man], and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous [man], and he will increase learning.
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Proverbs 9:10
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The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the Holy is intelligence.
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Proverbs 9:11
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For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.
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Proverbs 9:12
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If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
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Proverbs 9:13
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The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing.
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Proverbs 9:14
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And she sitteth at the entry of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
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Proverbs 9:15
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to call passers-by who go right on their ways:
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Proverbs 9:16
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Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith,
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Proverbs 9:17
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Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.
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Proverbs 9:18
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But he knoweth not that the dead are there; [that] her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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