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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 9, Verse 15

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For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
King James Version
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
American Standard Version
To call to them that pass by, Who go right on their ways:
New English Translation
calling out to those who are passing by her in the way, who go straight on their way.
World English Bible
To call to those who pass by, who go straight on their ways,
16
Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
17
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.
18
But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.
1
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.
2
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
3
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
4
He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
5
He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.
6
Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
7
The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.