- Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars;
- She has slaughtered her meat, She has mixed her wine, She has also furnished her table.
- She has sent out her maidens, She cries out from the highest places of the city,
- " Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" As for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
- " Come, eat of my bread And drink of the wine I have mixed.
- Forsake foolishness and live, And go in the way of understanding.
- " He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself, And he who rebukes a wicked man only harms himself.
- Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you; Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
- Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
- " The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
- For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you.
- If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And if you scoff, you will bear it alone."
- A foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knows nothing.
- For she sits at the door of her house, On a seat by the highest places of the city,
- To call to those who pass by, Who go straight on their way:
- " Whoever is simple, let him turn in here"; And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,
- " Stolen water is sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
- But he does not know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of hell.[1]
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