1 Wisdom hath builded her house;
2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine;
3 She hath sent forth her maidens;
4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither:
5 Come, eat ye of my bread,
6 Leave off, ye simple ones, and live;
7 He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling;
8 Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee:
9 Give
10 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom;
11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied,
12 If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself;
13 The foolish woman is clamorous;
14 And she sitteth at the door of her house,
15 To call to them that pass by,
16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither;
17 Stolen waters are sweet,
18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there;