1. Wisdom hath builded her house; She hath hewn out her seven pillars:
2. She hath killed her beasts; She hath mingled her wine; She hath also furnished her table:
3. She hath sent forth her maidens; She crieth upon the highest places of the city:
4. Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: As for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,
5. Come, eat ye of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled.
6. Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.
7. He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
8. Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.
9. Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
10. The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11. For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.