| | 1 | Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out its seven pillars. | |
| | 2 | She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table. | |
| | 3 | She has sent out her maids, and she calls from the highest point of the city. | |
| | 4 | "Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment. | |
| | 5 | "Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed. | |
| | 6 | Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of understanding. | |
| | 7 | "Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse. | |
| | 8 | Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you. | |
| | 9 | Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning. | |
| | 10 | "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. | |
| | 11 | For through me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life. | |
| | 12 | If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer." | |
| | 13 | The woman Folly is loud; she is undisciplined and without knowledge. | |
| | 14 | She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city, | |
| | 15 | calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way. | |
| | 16 | "Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment. | |
| | 17 | "Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!" | |
| | 18 | But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave. | |
