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href="/proverbs/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>‘Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither’;</div><div class="po2">As for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him:</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>‘Come, eat of my bread,</div><div class="po2">And drink of the wine which I have mingled.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Forsake all thoughtlessness, and live;</div><div class="po2">And walk in the way of understanding.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He that correcteth a scorner getteth to himself shame,</div><div class="po2">And he that reproveth a wicked man, it becometh unto him a blot.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee;</div><div class="po2">Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Give to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser;</div><div class="po2">Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,</div><div class="po2">And the knowledge of the All-holy is understanding.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For by me thy days shall be multiplied,</div><div class="po2">And the years of thy life shall be increased.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself;</div><div class="po2">And if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.’</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The woman Folly is riotous;</div><div 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