[1] Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars:
[2] She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine; she has also furnished her table.
[3] She has sent forth her maidens: she cries on the highest places of the city,
[4] Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: as for him that wants understanding, she says to him,
[5] Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
[6] Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
[7] He that reproves a scorner gets to himself shame: and he that rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot.
[8] Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
[9] Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
[10] The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
[11] For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.
[12] If you be wise, you shall be wise for yourself: but if you scorn, you alone shall bear it. ¶
[13] A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knows nothing.
[14] For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
[15] To call passengers who go right on their ways:
[16] Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him that wants understanding, she says to him,
[17] Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
[18] But he knows not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.