8. So don’t bother correcting mockers;they will only hate you.But correct the wise,and they will love you.
9. Instruct the wise,and they will be even wiser.Teach the righteous,and they will learn even more.
10. Fear of the lord is the foundation of wisdom.Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment.
11. Wisdom will multiply your daysand add years to your life.
12. If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit.If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.
13. The woman named Folly is brash.She is ignorant and doesn’t know it.
14. She sits in her doorwayon the heights overlooking the city.