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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 9, Verse 14

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A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing.
King James Version
For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
American Standard Version
And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,
New English Translation
And she has sat down at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,
World English Bible
She sits 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.
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Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.