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^1 (a)Wisdom has built her house;
    she has hewn her ^(b)seven ^(c)pillars.
² She has ^(d)slaughtered her beasts; she has ^(e)mixed her wine;
    she has also ^(f)set her table.
³ She has ^(g)sent out her young women to ^(h)call
    from ⁽ⁱ⁾the highest places in the town,
^4 (j)"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!"
    ^(k)To him who lacks sense she says,
⁵ "Come, ^(l)eat of my bread
    and ^(m)drink of ⁽ⁿ⁾the wine I have mixed.
⁶ Leave ^(o)your simple ways,^[a] and ^(p)live,
    ^(q)and walk in the way of insight."

⁷ Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,
    and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
^8 (r)Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
    ^(s)reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
⁹ Give instruction^[b] to a wise man, and he will be ^(t)still wiser;
    teach a righteous man, and he will ^(u)increase in learning.
^10 (v)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
    and ^(w)the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
¹¹ For by me ^(x)your days will be multiplied,
    and years will be added to your life.
^12 (y)If you are wise, you are wise for yourself;
    if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

^13 (z)The woman Folly is ^(aa)loud;
    she is seductive^[c] and ^(ab)knows nothing.
¹⁴ She sits at the door of her house;
    she takes a seat on ^(ac)the highest places of the town,
¹⁵ calling to those who pass by,
    who are ^(ad)going straight on their way,
^16 (ae)"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!"
    And to him who lacks sense she says,
^17 (af)"Stolen water is sweet,
    and ^(ag)bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
¹⁸ But he does not know ^(ah)that the dead^[d] are there,
    that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.