Holy Scripture

Proverbs 9:14

A church father on this verse
“On a high place of the city. He speaks of wisdom as giving her voice in the high and elevated places; but she rises in the sublimity of virtues, this one elevates herself in the arrogance of pride.”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on Proverbs

Source: Septuagint

Original

14She sits at the doors of her house, On a seat openly in the streets,

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12Son, if thou be wise for thyself, thou shalt also be wise for thy neighbors; And if thou shouldest prove wicked, thou alone wilt bear the evil. a He that stays himself upon falsehoods, attempts to rule the winds, And the same will pursue birds in their flight: b For he has forsaken the ways of his own vineyard, And he has caused the axles of his own husbandry to go astray; c And he goes through a dry desert, And a land appointed to drought, And he gathers barrenness with his hands.

13A foolish and bold woman, who knows not modesty, Comes to want a morsel.

— Proverbs 9:14 —

15Calling to passers by, And to those that are going right on their ways;

16saying, Whoso is most senseless of you, let him turn aside to me; And I exhort those that want prudence, saying,

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