4. Whosoever is simple, let him turn in here; as for him that lacketh lev (a heart of understanding), she saith to him,
5. Come, eat of my lechem, and drink of the yayin which I have mixed [Yn 6:53-54 OJBC].
6. Forsake the simple ways, and live; and go in the derech binah.
7. He that reproveth a letz (mocker) getteth to himself shame, and he that is a mochiach (reprover) of a wicked man getteth himself a blot stain.
8. Reprove not a letz, lest he hate thee; rebuke a chacham, and he will love thee.
9. Give instruction to a chacham, and he will be yet wiser; teach a tzaddik, and he will increase in learning.
10. The Yirat Hashem is the beginning of chochmah, and the da'as Kedoshim (knowledge of the Holy One) is binah (understanding).
11. For by me thy yamim shall be multiplied, and shanot chayyim shall be increased to thee.
12. If thou be chacham, thou shalt be wise for thyself, but if thou mockest, thou alone shalt suffer.