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Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

To call passengers who go right on their ways:

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

A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

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

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

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

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

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

She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

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

Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.