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⁴'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither';

As for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him:

⁵'Come, eat of my bread,

And drink of the wine which I have mingled.

⁶Forsake all thoughtlessness, and live;

And walk in the way of understanding.

⁷He that correcteth a scorner getteth to himself shame,

And he that reproveth a wicked man, it becometh unto him a blot.

⁸Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee;

Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

⁹Give to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser;

Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

¹⁰The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,

And the knowledge of the All-holy is understanding.

¹¹For by me thy days shall be multiplied,

And the years of thy life shall be increased.

¹²If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself;

And if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.'

 

¹³The woman Folly is riotous;

She is thoughtless, and knoweth nothing.

¹⁴And she sitteth at the door of her house,

On a seat in the high places of the city,

¹⁵To call to them that pass by,

Who go right on their ways:

¹⁶'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither';

And as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him:

¹⁷'Stolen waters are sweet,

And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.'

¹⁸But he knoweth not that the shades are there;

That her guests are in the depths of the nether-world.

10 The proverbs of Solomon.

A wise son maketh a glad father;

But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

 

²Treasures of wickedness profit nothing;

But righteousness delivereth from death.

 

³The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish;

But He thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.

 

⁴He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

 

⁵A wise son gathereth in summer;

But a son that doeth shamefully sleepeth in harvest.

 

⁶Blessings are upon the head of the righteous;

But the mouth of the wicked concealeth violence.

 

⁷The memory of the righteous shall be for a blessing;

But the name of the wicked shall rot.

 

⁸The wise in heart will receive commandments;

But a prating fool shall fall.

 

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