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[1]Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars;
[2]she hath slaughtered her cattle, she hath mingled her wine, she hath also prepared her table;
[3]she hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the summits of the high places of the city,
[4]Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. To him that is void of understanding, she saith,
[5]Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled.
[6]Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence.
[7]He that instructeth a scorner getteth to himself shame; and he that reproveth a wicked [man] [getteth] to himself a blot.
[8]Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise [man], and he will love thee.
[9]Impart to a wise [man], and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous [man], and he will increase learning.
[10]The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the Holy is intelligence.
[11]For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.
[12]If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
[13]The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing.
[14]And she sitteth at the entry of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
[15]to call passers-by who go right on their ways:
[16]Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith,
[17]Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.
[18]But he knoweth not that the dead are there; [that] her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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