W<\/span>isdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:<\/span><\/p>\n 2<\/sup>She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>To call passengers who go right on their ways:<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.<\/span> <\/p>\n