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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 9, Verse 6

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Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have mingled.
King James Version
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
American Standard Version
Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.
New English Translation
Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”
World English Bible
Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding."
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He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.
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Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
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Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.
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The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.
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For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
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If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].
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A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth 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,