| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars; |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2She has prepared her food, she has mixed her wine; She has also set her table; |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3She has sent out her maidens, she calls From the tops of the heights of the city: |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!" To him who lacks understanding she says, |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5"Come, eat of my food And drink of the wine I have mixed. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6"Forsake your folly and live, And proceed in the way of understanding." |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7He who corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself, And he who reproves a wicked man gets insults for himself. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you, Reprove a wise man and he will love you. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Give instruction to a wise man and he will be still wiser, Teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And if you scoff, you alone will bear it. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13The woman of folly is boisterous, She is naive and knows nothing. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14She sits at the doorway of her house, On a seat by the high places of the city, |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Calling to those who pass by, Who are making their paths straight: |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here," And to him who lacks understanding she says, |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17"Stolen water is sweet; And bread eaten in secret is pleasant." |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18But he does not know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of Sheol. |
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