Proverbs 9:1-11 (Vespers, 3rd reading)
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- Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars;
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- She has slaughtered her meat, She has mixed her wine, She has also furnished her table.
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- She has sent out her maidens, She cries out from the highest places of the city,
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- “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” As for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
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- “Come, eat of my bread And drink of the wine I have mixed.
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- Forsake foolishness and live, And go in the way of understanding.
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- “He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself, And he who rebukes a wicked man only harms himself.
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- Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you;
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- Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still 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 One is understanding.
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- For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you.