Wisedome hath builded her house: she hath hewen out her seuen pillars.
She hath killed her beastes; she hath mingled her wine: she hath also furnished her table.
She hath sent forth her maidens; she cryeth vpon the highest places of the citie.
Who so is simple, let him turne in hither: as for him that wanteth vnderstanding, she sayth to him:
Come, eate of my bread, and drinke of the wine, which I haue mingled.
Forsake the foolish, and liue; and goe in the way of vnderstanding.
He that reproueth a scorner, getteth to himselfe shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himselfe a blot.
Reproue not a scorner, lest hee hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and hee will loue thee.
Giue instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a iust man, and he will increase in learning.
The feare of the Lord is the beginning of wisedome: and the knowledge of the holy is vnderstanding.
For by me thy dayes shall be multiplied: and the yeeres of thy life shalbe increased.
If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thy selfe: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt beare it.
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, & knoweth nothing.
For she sitteth at the doore of her house on a seate, in the high places of the Citie:
To call passengers who go right on their wayes:
Who so is simple, let him turne in hither: and as for him that wanteth vnderstanding, she saith to him;
Stollen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
But hee knoweth not that the dead are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell.