- 1. Wysdome hath buylded her house, and hewen out seuen pillers:
- 2. She hath kylled her victuals, powred out her wine, and prepared her table:
- 3. She hath sent foorth her maydens to crye vpon the highest place of the citie,
- 4. Who so is without knowledge, let him come hither: And to the vnwise she said,
- 5. O come on your way, eate my bread, and drinke my wine [whiche] I haue powred out for you.
- 6. Forsake foolishnes, and ye shall lyue: and see that ye go in the way of vnderstandyng.
- 7. Whoso reproueth a scornefull person, getteth him selfe dishonour: and he that rebuketh the vngodly, stayneth hym selfe.
- 8. Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe thee euyll will: but rebuke a wyse man, and he wyll loue thee.
- 9. Geue a discrete man but an occasion, and he wyll be the wyser: teache a righteous man, and he wyll encrease in knowledge.
- 10. The feare of the Lorde is the beginning of wisdome: and the knowledge of holy thinges, is vnderstanding.
- 11. For thorowe me thy dayes shalbe prolonged, and the yeres of thy life shall be many.
- 12. If thou be wise, thy wysdome shal do thy selfe good: but if thou thinkest scorne therof, it shalbe thine owne harme.
- 13. A foolishe retchlesse woman full of wordes, and suche a one as hath no knowledge,
- 14. Sitteth at the doore of her house, and in the hye places of the citie,
- 15. To call such as go by, and that walke straight in their wayes.
- 16. Who so is ignoraunt [sayeth she] let hym come hyther: and to the vnwyse she saith,
- 17. Stolen waters are sweete, & the bread that is priuily eaten, hath a good taste.
- 18. And he doth not consider that they are but dead whiche be there, and that her ghestes are in the deepe of hell.
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