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The Foolish Woman is clamorous;

She is simple,

And knoweth nothing;

And she sitteth at the door of her house,

On a seat in the high places of the city,
To call to them that pass by,

Who go right on their ways:
"Whoso is simple,

Let him turn in hither:

And as for him that is void of understanding-
Stolen waters are sweet,

And bread in secret is pleasant."

But he knoweth not that the dead are there;
That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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BOOK II

PROVERBS OF SOLOMON

10

i

A wise son maketh a glad father:

But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

ii

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing:
But righteousness delivereth from death.

iii

The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish:

But he thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.

iv

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand:
But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

He that gathereth in summer is a wise son:

But he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

vi

Blessings are upon the head of the righteous: But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

vii

The memory of the just is blessed :

But the name of the wicked shall rot.

viii

The wise in heart will receive commandments: But a prating fool shall fall.

ix

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely:
But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

X

He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: But a prating fool shall fall.

xi

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life: But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.