2She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine; she has also furnished her table.

3She has sent forth her maidens: she cries upon the highest places of the city,

4Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in here: [as for] him that wants understanding, she says to him,

5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have mingled.

6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

7He that reproves a scorner gets to himself shame: and he that rebukes a wicked [man gets] himself a blot.

8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate youⁱ: rebuke (reprimand; strongly warn; restrain) a wise man, and he will love youⁱ.

9Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.

10The fear of the LORD-Yehovah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.

11For by me youⁱ days shall be multiplied, and the years of youⁱ life shall be increased.

12If youⁱ be wise, youⁱ shall be wise for yourself: but [if] youⁱ scorn, youⁱ alone shall bear [it].

13A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knows nothing.

14For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

15To call passengers who go right on their ways:

16Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in here: and [as for] him that wants understanding, she says to him,

17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.

18But he knows not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.