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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 9, Verse 13

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If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].
King James Version
A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing.
American Standard Version
The foolish woman is clamorous; [She is] simple, and knoweth nothing.
New English Translation
The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything.
World English Bible
The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing.
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For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
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To call passengers who go right on their ways:
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Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
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Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.
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But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.
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The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.
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Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
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The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
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He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.