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The biblical Book of Proverbs was compiled in the seventh century BCE and credited to King Solomon. In this fresh translation, Rami Shapiro unpacks the book, writing that its wisdom transcends time and place and instructs readers to live simply, without rationalizations and excuses.

9:13–18 Wisdom is not the only voice you will hear. Foolishness too has her house and her servants. She sits at the doorway of her house and flaunts ignorance as if it were gold. Her servants also climb the city’s towers and call out to you: To the simple they say: Turn in here. To those whose hearts are dry they say: You think Wisdom’s wine is sweet? My stolen water is even sweeter. You think Wisdom’s feast is filling? Eat my bread in secret and your mouth will taste true pleasure. Do you know she
Proverbs 9:13–18