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Proverbs 9:11-13
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11 For through wisdom[a] your days will be many,
    and years will be added to your life.(A)
12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you;
    if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.

13 Folly is an unruly woman;(B)
    she is simple and knows nothing.(C)

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  1. Proverbs 9:11 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew me
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Proverbs 9:11-13
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11 (A)For by me your days will be multiplied,
And years of life will be added to you.
12 (B)If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,
And if you scoff, you will bear it alone.”

The Way of Folly

13 (C)A foolish woman is [a]clamorous;
She is simple, and knows nothing.

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  1. Proverbs 9:13 boisterous
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Proverbs 9:11-13
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11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

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Proverbs 9:11-13
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11 For by me (A)your days will be multiplied,
    and years will be added to your life.
12 (B)If you are wise, you are wise for yourself;
    if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

The Way of Folly

13 (C)The woman Folly is (D)loud;
    she is seductive[a] and (E)knows nothing.

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  1. Proverbs 9:13 Or full of simpleness
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Proverbs 9:11-13
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11 For (A)by me your days will be multiplied,
And years of life will be added to you.
12 If you are wise, you are wise (B)for yourself,
And if you (C)scoff, you alone will [a]suffer from it.

13 [b]A woman of foolishness is (D)boisterous,
She has a lack of understanding and (E)knows nothing.

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  1. Proverbs 9:12 Lit bear
  2. Proverbs 9:13 Or A foolish woman
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