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            <div class="label">9</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Wisdom hath builded her house,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.9.1"><span class="content">She hath hewn out her seven pillars:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.9.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.9.2"><span class="content">She hath also furnished her table.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.9.3"><span class="content">Upon the highest places of the city,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.9.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Whoso </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> simple, let him turn in hither:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.9.4"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">As for</span></span><span class="content"> him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.9.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Come, eat of my bread,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.9.5"><span class="content">And drink of the wine </span><span class="add"><span class="content">which</span></span><span class="content"> I have mingled.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.9.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Forsake the foolish, and live;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.9.6"><span class="content">And go in the way of understanding.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.9.7"><span class="content">And he that rebuketh a wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man getteth</span></span><span class="content"> himself a blot.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.9.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.9.8"><span class="content">Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Give </span><span class="add"><span class="content">instruction</span></span><span class="content"> to a wise </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content">, and he will be yet wiser:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.9.9"><span class="content">Teach a just </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content">, and he will increase in learning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.9.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the beginning of wisdom:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.9.10"><span class="content">And the knowledge of the holy </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For by me thy days shall be multiplied,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.9.11"><span class="content">And the years of thy life shall be increased.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.9.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.9.12"><span class="content">But </span><span class="add"><span class="content">if</span></span><span class="content"> thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">A foolish woman </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> clamorous:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.9.13"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">She is</span></span><span class="content"> simple, and knoweth nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.9.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For she sitteth at the door of her house,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.9.14"><span class="content">On a seat in the high places of the city,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.9.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">To call passengers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.9.15"><span class="content">Who go right on their ways:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Whoso </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> simple, let him turn in hither:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.9.16"><span class="content">And </span><span class="add"><span class="content">as for</span></span><span class="content"> him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.9.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Stolen waters are sweet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.9.17"><span class="content">And bread </span><span class="add"><span class="content">eaten</span></span><span class="content"> in secret is pleasant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.9.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But he knoweth not that the dead </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> there;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.9.18"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And that</span></span><span class="content"> her guests </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> in the depths of hell.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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Wisdom hath builded her house,
She hath hewn out her seven pillars:
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine;
She hath also furnished her table.
She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth
Upon the highest places of the city,
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither:
As for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Come, eat of my bread,
And drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Forsake the foolish, and live;
And go in the way of understanding.

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame:
And he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee:
Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser:
Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom:
And the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
For by me thy days shall be multiplied,
And the years of thy life shall be increased.
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself:
But if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

A foolish woman is clamorous:
She is simple, and knoweth nothing.
For she sitteth at the door of her house,
On a seat in the high places of the city,
To call passengers
Who go right on their ways:
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither:
And as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Stolen waters are sweet,
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
But he knoweth not that the dead are there;
And that her guests are in the depths of hell.

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