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1 - Wisdom hath built herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven pillars.

2 - She hath slain her victims, mingled her wine, and set forth her table.

3 - She hath sent her maids to invite to the tower, and to the walls of the city:

4 - Whosoever is a little one, let him come to me. And to the unwise she said:

5 - Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you.

6 - Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence.

7 - He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself; and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.

8 - Rebuke not a scorner, lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

9 - Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.

10 - The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.

11 - For by me shall thy days be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.

12 - If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.

13 - A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all,

14 - Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city,

15 - To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey:

16 - He that is a little one, let him turn to me. And to the fool she said:

17 - Stolen waters are sweeter, and hidden bread is more pleasant.

18 - And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell.