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1Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars.

1Wisdom has built her house; she has carved its seven columns.

2She has prepared her meat; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

2She has prepared a great banquet, mixed the wines, and set the table.

3She has sent out her female servants; she calls out from the highest points of the city:

3She has sent her servants to invite everyone to come. She calls out from the heights overlooking the city.

4"Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!" To the one who lacks sense, she says,

4“Come in with me,” she urges the simple. To those who lack good judgment, she says,

5"Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine I have mixed.

5“Come, eat my food, and drink the wine I have mixed.

6Leave inexperience behind, and you will live; pursue the way of understanding.

6Leave your simple ways behind, and begin to live; learn to use good judgment.”

7The one who corrects a mocker will bring abuse on himself; the one who rebukes the wicked will get hurt.

7Anyone who rebukes a mocker will get an insult in return. Anyone who corrects the wicked will get hurt.

8Don't rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke the wise, and he will love you.

8So don’t bother correcting mockers; they will only hate you. But correct the wise, and they will love you.

9Instruct the wise, and he will be wiser still; teach the righteous, and he will learn more.

9Instruct the wise, and they will be even wiser. Teach the righteous, and they will learn even more.

10"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

10Fear of the LORD is the foundation of wisdom. Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment.

11For by me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.

11Wisdom will multiply your days and add years to your life.

12If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit; if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences."

12If 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

13Folly is a rowdy woman; she is gullible and knows nothing.

13The woman named Folly is brash. She is ignorant and doesn’t know it.

14She sits by the doorway of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,

14She sits in her doorway on the heights overlooking the city.

15calling to those who pass by, who go straight ahead on their paths:

15She calls out to men going by who are minding their own business.

16"Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!" To the one who lacks sense, she says,

16“Come in with me,” she urges the simple. To those who lack good judgment, she says,

17"Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten secretly is tasty!"

17“Stolen water is refreshing; food eaten in secret tastes the best!”

18But he doesn't know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

18But little do they know that the dead are there. Her guests are in the depths of the grave.