isdom hath builded her house, she hath set up 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 from the highest places of the city,
. .4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
. .5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
. .6 Forsake foolishness, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
. .7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself reproach: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself an injury.
. .8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
. .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 One is understanding.
. .11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
. .12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
. .13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
. .14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
. .15 To call unto them that pass by, which go right on their ways:
. .16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
. .17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
. .18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of the grave.