1Wisdom has built her house; She has hewn out her seven pillars:
2She has killed her beasts; she has mixed her wine; She has also set her table:
3She has sent out her maidens; She cries from the highest places of the city:
4Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: As for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
5Come, eat of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mixed.
6Leave off, you simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.
7He who corrects a scoffer gets reviling for himself; And he who reproves a wicked man gets himself a blot.
8Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you: Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
10The fear of Yehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11For by me your days shall be multiplied, And the years of your life shall be increased.
12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; And if you scoff, you alone shall bear it.
13The foolish woman is loud; She is simple, and knows nothing.
14And she sits at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,
15To call to those who pass by, Who go straight on their ways:
16Whoever is simple, let him turn in here; And as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,
17Stolen waters are sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
18But he does not know that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.