9. Anything you say to the wise will make them wiser. Whatever you tell the righteous will add to their knowledge.
10. To be wise you must first have reverence for the Lord. If you know the Holy One, you have understanding.
11. Wisdom will add years to your life.
12. You are the one who will profit if you have wisdom, and if you reject it, you are the one who will suffer.
13. Stupidity is like a loud, ignorant, shameless woman.
14. She sits at the door of her house or on a seat in the highest part of the town,
15. and calls out to people passing by, who are minding their own business:
16. “Come in, ignorant people!” To the foolish she says,
17. “Stolen water is sweeter. Stolen bread tastes better.”
18. Her victims do not know that the people die who go to her house, that those who have already entered are now deep in the world of the dead.