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Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars

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She hath prepared her meat, she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table

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She hath sent forth her maidens, she calleth, upon the highest places of the city

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'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither'; as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him

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'Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled

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Forsake all thoughtlessness, and live; and walk in the way of understanding

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He that correcteth a scorner getteth to himself shame, and he that reproveth a wicked man, it becometh unto him a blot

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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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Give to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning

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The fear of HaShem is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the All-holy is understanding

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For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased

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If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

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The woman Folly is riotous; she is thoughtless, and knoweth nothing

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And she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city

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To call to them that pass by, who go right on their ways

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'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither'; and as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him

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'Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

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But he knoweth not that the shades are there; that her guests are in the depths of the nether-world