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[1]Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars; |
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[2]She hath prepared her meat, she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. |
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[3]She hath sent forth her maidens, she calleth, upon the highest places of the city: |
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[4]'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither'; as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him: |
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[5]'Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. |
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[6]Forsake all thoughtlessness, and live; and walk in the way of understanding. |
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[7]He that correcteth a scorner getteth to himself shame, and he that reproveth a wicked man, it becometh unto him a blot. |
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[8]Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise man, and he will love thee. |
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[9]Give to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning. |
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[10]The fear of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the All understanding. |
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[11]For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased. |
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[12]If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.' |
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[13]The woman Folly is riotous; she is thoughtless, and knoweth nothing. |
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[14]And she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, |
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[15]To call to them that pass by, who go right on their ways: |
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[16]'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither'; and as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him: |
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[17]'Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.' |
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[18]But he knoweth not that the shades are there; that her guests are in the depths of the nether-world. |
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