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9.4 :'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither';
 * As for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him:
 * 'Come, eat of my bread,
 * And drink of the wine which I have mingled.
 * Forsake all thoughtlessness, and live;
 * And walk in the way of understanding.
 * He that correcteth a scorner getteth to himself shame,
 * And he that reproveth a wicked man, it becometh unto him a blot.
 * Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee;
 * Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
 * Give to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser;
 * Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
 * The fear of the is the beginning of wisdom,
 * And the knowledge of the All-holy is understanding.
 * For by me thy days shall be multiplied,
 * And the years of thy life shall be increased.
 * If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself;
 * And if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.'


 * The woman Folly is riotous;
 * She is thoughtless, and knoweth nothing.
 * And she sitteth at the door of her house,
 * On a seat in the high places of the city,
 * To call to them that pass by,
 * Who go right on their ways:
 * 'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither';
 * And as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him:
 * 'Stolen waters are sweet,
 * And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.'
 * But he knoweth not that the shades are there;
 * That her guests are in the depths of the nether-world.

The proverbs of Solomon.


 * A wise son maketh a glad father;
 * But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.


 * Treasures of wickedness profit nothing;
 * But righteousness delivereth from death.


 * The will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish;
 * But He thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.


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


 * A wise son gathereth in summer;
 * But a son that doeth shamefully sleepeth in harvest.


 * Blessings are upon the head of the righteous;
 * But the mouth of the wicked concealeth violence.


 * The memory of the righteous shall be for a blessing;
 * But the name of the wicked shall rot.


 * The wise in heart will receive commandments;
 * But a prating fool shall fall.