9 Wisdom hath builded her house;
She hath hewn out her seven pillars:
² She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine;
She hath also furnished her table:
³ She hath sent forth her maidens;
She crieth upon the highest places of the city:
⁴ Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither:
As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
⁵ Come, eat ye of my bread,
And drink of the wine which I have mingled.
^6 [a]Leave off, ye simple ones, and live;
And walk in the way of understanding.

⁷ He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling;
And he that reproveth a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
⁸ Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee:
Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
⁹ Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser:
Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
¹⁰ The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom;
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
¹¹ For by me thy days shall be multiplied,
And the years of thy life shall be increased.
¹² If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself;
And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.

^13 [b]The foolish woman is clamorous;
She is ^[c]simple, and knoweth nothing.
¹⁴ And she sitteth at the door of her house,
On a seat in the high places of the city,
¹⁵ To call to them that pass by,
Who go right on their ways:
¹⁶ Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither;
And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
¹⁷ Stolen waters are sweet,
And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
¹⁸ But he knoweth not that ^[d]the dead are there;
That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.