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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 9, Verse 16

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To call passengers who go right on their ways:
King James Version
Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
American Standard Version
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
New English Translation
“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding she has said,
World English Bible
"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here." as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
17
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.
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.
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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.
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The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
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The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.