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9:1
ἡσοφίαᾠκοδόμησενἑαυτῇοἶκονκαὶὑπήρεισενστύλουςἑπτά
Wisdom has built herself a house, and has set up seven pillars as supports.
Son, if you become wise for yourself, you will be wise also for your neighbours; but if you turn out bad, you alone will drain the cup of evils. He who leans on falsehoods, this man shepherds winds, and this same man will chase flying birds; for he has abandoned the paths of his own vineyard, and has wandered from the tracks of his own farm; he travels through a waterless desert and a land allotted amid thirsty places, and with his hands he gathers barrenness.
But he does not know that earth-born men perish beside her, and that he meets them on the plank of Hades. But leap away, do not linger in that place, nor fix your eye upon her; for in this way you will cross over strange water and pass over a strange river. Keep away from strange water, and do not drink from a strange spring, so that you may live a long time and years of life may be added to you.