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

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.”

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

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  1. Proverbs 9:13 boisterous

11 For by me your days will be multiplied.
    The years of your life will be increased.
12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself.
    If you mock, you alone will bear it.

13 The foolish woman is loud,
    undisciplined, and knows nothing.

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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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