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1Wisdom has built her house;[#Matt. 16:18; 1 Pet. 2:5]
she has hewn her seven pillars.
2She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine;[#Matt. 22:4; #23:30; Song 8:2]
she has also set her table.
3She has sent out her young women to call[#Ps. 68:11; Matt. 22:3; 23:34; #8:1, 2]
from the highest places in the town,
4“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”[#16; Matt. 11:25; 1 Cor. 1:26]
To him who lacks sense she says,
5“Come, eat of my bread[#Song 5:1; Isa. 55:1; John 6:27]
and drink of the wine I have mixed.
6Leave your simple ways, and live,[#1:4; #9:6 Or Leave the company of the simple; #11]
and walk in the way of insight.”
7Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,
and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
8Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;[#Matt. 7:6]
reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser;[#9:9 Hebrew lacks; #Matt. 13:12]
teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
10The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,[#1:7]
and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
11For by me your days will be multiplied,[#10:273:2]
and years will be added to your life.
12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself;[#Job 22:2, 3; 1 Cor. 3:8; Gal. 6:5]
if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
13The woman Folly is loud;[#7:7-27; #7:11]
she is seductive and knows nothing.
14She sits at the door of her house;
she takes a seat on the highest places of the town,
15calling to those who pass by,
who are going straight on their way,
16“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”[#4]
And to him who lacks sense she says,
17“Stolen water is sweet,[#5:15]
and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
18But he does not know that the dead are there,[#7:27; #9:18 Hebrew]
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.