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¹ Wisdom has built her house
    with its seven columns.
² She has prepared the meat
and set out the wine.
    Her feast is ready.

³ She has sent her servant women
    to announce her invitation
    from the highest hills:
⁴ "Everyone who is ignorant
    or foolish is invited!
⁵     All of you are welcome
    to my meat and wine.
⁶ If you want to live,
    give up your foolishness
    and let understanding
    guide your steps."

⁷ Correct a worthless bragger,
    and all you will get
    are insults and injuries.
⁸ Any bragger you correct
    will only hate you.
But if you correct someone
who has common sense,
    you will be loved.
⁹ If you have good sense,
    instruction will help you
    to have even better sense.
And if you live right,
    education will help you
    to know even more.

¹⁰ Respect and obey the Lord!
    This is the beginning
    of wisdom.^[a]
To have understanding,
    you must know the Holy God.
¹¹ I am Wisdom.
    If you follow me,
    you will live a long time.
¹² Good sense is good for you,
    but if you brag,
    you hurt yourself.

¹³ Stupidity^[b] is reckless,
    senseless, and foolish.
¹⁴ She sits in front of her house
    and on the highest hills
    in the town.
¹⁵ She shouts to everyone
    who passes by,
¹⁶     "If you are stupid,
    come on inside!"
And to every fool she says,
¹⁷     "Stolen water tastes best,
    and the food you eat in secret
    tastes best of all."
¹⁸ None who listen to Stupidity
understand
    that her guests
    are as good as dead.