1Wisdom <02454> has built <01129> her house <01004>; she has carved out <02672> its seven <07651> pillars <05982>.
2She has prepared <02873> her meat <02874>, she has mixed <04537> her wine <03196>; she also <0637> has arranged <06186> her table <07979>.
3She has sent out <07971> her female servants <05291>; she calls out <07121> on <05921> the highest places <04791> <01610> of the city <07176>.
4“Whoever <04310> is naive <06612>, let him turn <05493> in here <02008>,” she says <0559> to those who lack <02638> understanding <03820>.
5“Come <01980>, eat <03898> some of my food <03899>, and drink <08354> some of the wine <03196> I have mixed <04537>.
6Abandon <05800> your foolish ways <06612> so that you may live <02421>, and proceed <0833> in the way <01870> of understanding <0998>.”
7Whoever corrects <03256> a mocker <03887> is asking <03947> for insult <07036>; whoever reproves <03198> a wicked person <07563> receives abuse <03971>.
8Do not <0408> reprove <03198> a mocker <03887> or <06435> he will hate <08130> you; reprove <03198> a wise person <02450> and he will love <0157> you.
9Give <05414> instruction to a wise person <02450>, and he will become wiser <02449> still <05750>; teach <03045> a righteous <06662> person and he will add <03254> to his learning <03948>.
10The beginning <08462> of wisdom <02451> is to fear <03374> the Lord <03069>, and acknowledging <01847> the Holy One <06918> is understanding <0998>.
11For because <03588> of me your days <03117> will be many <07235>, and years <08141> will be added <03254> to your life <02416>.
12If <0518> you are wise <02449>, you are wise <02449> to your own advantage, but if you are a mocker <03887>, you alone <0905> must bear <05375> it.
13The woman <0802> called Folly <03687> is brash <01993>, she is naive <06615> and does not <04100> <01077> know <03045> anything <04100>.
14So she sits <03427> at the door <06607> of her house <01004>, on <05921> a seat <03678> at the highest point <04791> of the city <07176>,
15calling out <07121> to those who are passing <05674> by her in the way <01870>, who go straight <03474> on their way <0734>.
16“Whoever <04310> is simple <06612>, let him turn <05493> in here <02008>,” she says <0559> to those who lack <02638> understanding <03820>.
17“Stolen <01589> waters <04325> are sweet <04985>, and food <03899> obtained in secret <05643> is pleasant <05276>!”
18But they do not <03808> realize <03045> that <03588> the dead <07496> are there <08033>, that her guests <07121> are in the depths <06012> of the grave <07585>.