1<\/sup>Wisdom hath built herself a house, she hath hewn her out seven pillars.<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>She hath slain her victims, mingled her wine, and set forth her table.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>She hath sent her maids to invite to the tower, and to the walls of the city:<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>Whosoever is a little one, let him come to me. And to the unwise she said:<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine which I have mingled for you.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>Forsake childishness, and live, and walk by the ways of prudence.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself: and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>Rebuke not a scorner lest he hate thee. Rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>Give an occasion to a wise man, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach a just man, and he shall make haste to receive it.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>For by me shall thy days be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>If thou be wise, thou shalt be so to thyself: and if a scorner, thou alone shalt bear the evil.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all,<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city,<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey:<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>He that is a little one, let him turn to me. And to the fool she said:<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>Stolen waters are sweeter, and hid den bread is more pleasant.<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell. The Parables of Solomon<\/span> <\/p>\n