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Wisdom has built her house;
she has carved its seven columns.
she has carved its seven columns.
The Way of Wisdom
Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars;
Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars;
She has prepared a great banquet,
mixed the wines, and set the table.
mixed the wines, and set the table.
she hath slaughtered her cattle, she hath mingled her wine, she hath also prepared her table;
She has sent her servants to invite everyone to come.
She calls out from the heights overlooking the city.
She calls out from the heights overlooking the city.
she hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the summits of the high places of the city,
“Come in with me,” she urges the simple.
To those who lack good judgment, she says,
To those who lack good judgment, she says,
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. To him that is void of understanding, she saith,
“Come, eat my food,
and drink the wine I have mixed.
and drink the wine I have mixed.
Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled.
Leave your simple ways behind, and begin to live;
learn to use good judgment.”
learn to use good judgment.”
Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence.
Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get an insult in return.
Anyone who corrects the wicked will get hurt.
Anyone who corrects the wicked will get hurt.
He that instructeth a scorner getteth to himself shame; and he that reproveth a wicked [man] [getteth] to himself a blot.
So don’t bother correcting mockers;
they will only hate you.
But correct the wise,
and they will love you.
they will only hate you.
But correct the wise,
and they will love you.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise [man], and he will love thee.
Instruct the wise,
and they will be even wiser.
Teach the righteous,
and they will learn even more.
and they will be even wiser.
Teach the righteous,
and they will learn even more.
Impart to a wise [man], and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous [man], and he will increase learning.
Fear of the LORD is the foundation of wisdom.
Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment.
Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment.
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the Holy is intelligence.
Wisdom will multiply your days
and add years to your life.
and add years to your life.
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.
If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit.
If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.
Folly Calls for a Hearing
If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.
Folly Calls for a Hearing
If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
The woman named Folly is brash.
She is ignorant and doesn’t know it.
She is ignorant and doesn’t know it.
The Way of Folly
The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing.
The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing.
She sits in her doorway
on the heights overlooking the city.
on the heights overlooking the city.
And she sitteth at the entry of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
She calls out to men going by
who are minding their own business.
who are minding their own business.
to call passers-by who go right on their ways:
“Come in with me,” she urges the simple.
To those who lack good judgment, she says,
To those who lack good judgment, she says,
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith,
“Stolen water is refreshing;
food eaten in secret tastes the best!”
food eaten in secret tastes the best!”
Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.