^[1]  Wisdom hath builded her house; She hath hewn out her seven pillars:

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^[2]  She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; She hath also furnished her table:

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^[3]  She hath sent forth her maidens; She crieth upon the highest places of the city:

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^[4]  Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

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^[5]  Come, eat ye of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled.

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^[6]  Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.

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^[7]  He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

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^[8]  Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

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^[9]  Giveinstructionto a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

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^[10]  The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

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^[11]  For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.

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^[12]  If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.

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^[13]  The foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knoweth nothing.

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^[14]  And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,

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^[15]  To call to them that pass by, Who go right on their ways:

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^[16]  Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

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^[17]  Stolen waters are sweet, And breadeatenin secret is pleasant.

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^[18]  But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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