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.
13. Aishes Kesilut (Dame Folly) is clamorous; she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
14. For she sitteth at the petach (doorway) of her bais, on a seat in the high places of the city,
15. To call those passing on the derech (road) who go straight on their way: