¹Wisdom has built its house;

It has hewn out its seven pillars.

²It has slaughtered its animal for the slaughter,

It has blended its wine;

It has also laid its table.

³It has sent out its maidservants;

It will call out on the city hilltops,

⁴“Whoever is gullible,

Let him turn this way.”

As for the weak-minded, it says to him,

⁵“Come and partake of my bread,

And drink the wine I have blended.

⁶Leave the gullible and live,

And proceed on the way of understanding.

⁷He who admonishes a mocker

Reaps contempt,

And he who reproves a wicked man,

Becomes tarnished.

⁸Do not reprove a mocker

In case he hates you for it;

Reprove a wise man,

And he will love you for it.

⁹Give wisdom to the wise man,

And he will become wiser still;

Inform the righteous,

And he will increase in learning.

¹⁰The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord,

And understanding is knowledge of holy matters.

¹¹For it is by me that your days are multiplied,

And years of life are added to you.

¹²If you gain wisdom,

You gain wisdom for yourself,

But if you mock,

You will bear it on your own.”

¹³A foolish wife is restive,

Gullible, and she does not know anything.

¹⁴And she sits at the door of her house

Or on a chair in the prominent places of the city,

¹⁵To call out to those passing by on the road,

Who are going straight on their way,

¹⁶To whoever is gullible,

That he should turn aside there.

And she says to the weak-minded,

¹⁷“Stolen waters are sweet,

And secret bread is delightful.”

¹⁸But he doesn't know that the Rephaim are there;

Those she has called out

Are in the depths of the grave.