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A house is built by wisdom
    and becomes strong through good sense.

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Saying 21

By wisdom a house is built,(A)
    and through understanding it is established;

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14 A wise woman builds her home,
    but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

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14 The wise woman builds her house,(A)
    but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.

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For we are both God’s workers. And you are God’s field. You are God’s building.

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For we are co-workers in God’s service;(A) you are God’s field,(B) God’s building.(C)

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Wisdom has built her house;
    she has carved its seven columns.

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Invitations of Wisdom and Folly

Wisdom has built(A) her house;
    she has set up[a] its seven pillars.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 9:1 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew has hewn out

Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.

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rooted(A) and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught,(B) and overflowing with thankfulness.

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12 But the Lord made the earth by his power,
    and he preserves it by his wisdom.
With his own understanding
    he stretched out the heavens.

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12 But God made(A) the earth(B) by his power;
    he founded the world by his wisdom(C)
    and stretched out the heavens(D) by his understanding.

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26 And may your name be honored forever so that everyone will say, ‘The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is God over Israel!’ And may the house of your servant David continue before you forever.

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26 so that your name(A) will be great forever. Then people will say, ‘The Lord Almighty is God over Israel!’ And the house of your servant David will be established(B) in your sight.

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