- 1. Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.
- 2. She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.
- 3. She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city:
- 4. "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
- 5. "Come, eat some of my bread, Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!
- 6. Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding."
- 7. He who corrects a mocker invites insult. He who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.
- 8. Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
- 9. Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
- 10. The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
- 11. For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.
- 12. If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
- 13. The foolish woman is loud, Undisciplined, and knows nothing.
- 14. She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
- 15. To call to those who pass by, who go straight on their ways,
- 16. "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here." as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
- 17. "Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant."
- 18. But he doesn't know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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