Wisdom hath built her house;{HR}She hath hewn out her seven pillars;
She hath slaughtered her slaughtering ,{HR}She hath mingled her wine,{HR}She hath also furnished her table.
She hath sent forth her maidens;{HR}She crieth upon the summits of the high places of the city,
Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither.{HR}To him that is void of understanding she saith,
Come, eat ye of my bread,{HR}And drink of the wine I have mingled.
Forsake follies and live,{HR}And go in the way of understanding.
He that correcteth a scorner getteth to himself shame;{HR}And he that reproveth a wicked [man], a blot to himself.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee;{HR}Reprove a wise [man], and he will love thee.
Impart to a wise [man], and he will become yet wiser;{HR}Teach a righteous [man], and he will increase learning.
The fear of Jehovah [is] the beginning of wisdom,{HR}And the knowledge of the Holy [is] understanding.
For by me thy days shall be multiplied,{HR}And years of life shall be added to thee.
If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself;{HR}And [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].
The foolish woman [is] clamorous;{HR}Senseless, and knoweth nothing.
And she sitteth at the door of her house,{HR}On a seat in the high places of the city,
To call those that pass by who go right on their ways.
Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither.{HR}And to him that is void of understanding she saith,
Stolen waters are sweet,{HR}And the bread of secrecy is pleasant.
But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there,{HR}[That] her guests [are] in the depths of Sheol.