Wisdom versus Foolishness
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Leave inexperience behind, and you will live;
pursue the way of understanding.
7 pursue the way of understanding.
The one who corrects a mocker
will bring dishonor on himself;
the one who rebukes a wicked man will get hurt.(a)
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9 will bring dishonor on himself;
the one who rebukes a wicked man will get hurt.(a)
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For by Wisdom your days will be many,
and years will be added to your life.
12 and years will be added to your life.
If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit;(N)
if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences.”
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14 if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences.”
She sits by the doorway of her house,
on a seat at the highest point of the city,
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“Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!”
To the one who lacks sense, she says,
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To the one who lacks sense, she says,
Footnotes:
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Proverbs 9:7: Lit man his blemish