Holy Scripture
Proverbs 9:16
A church father on this verse
“Whoever is simple, let him turn here, etc. Wisdom also seems to invite the little ones and the foolish to her feast with nearly the same words; but it differs, as she simply asks them to come to her, whereas this one urges them to turn aside to her. For wisdom summons those she sees wandering to the right path of acti…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
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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In context
14She sits at the doors of her house, On a seat openly in the streets,
15Calling to passers by, And to those that are going right on their ways;
— Proverbs 9:16 —
17Take and enjoy secret bread, And the sweet water of theft.
18But he knows that mighty men die by her, And he falls in with a snare of hell. a But hasten away, delay not in the place, Neither fix thine eye upon her: b For thus shalt thou go through strange water; c But do thou abstain from strange water, And drink not of a strange fountain, d That thou mayest live long, And years of life may be added to thee.