| English Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars. | 1Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars. |
| 2She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table. | 2She has prepared her meat; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table. |
| 3She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town, | 3She has sent out her female servants; she calls out from the highest points of the city:" |
| 4“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” To him who lacks sense she says, | 4Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!" To the one who lacks sense, she says," |
| 5“Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed. | 5Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine I have mixed. |
| 6Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight.” | 6Leave inexperience behind, and you will live; pursue the way of understanding. |
| 7Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury. | 7The one who corrects a mocker will bring dishonor on himself; the one who rebukes a wicked man will get hurt. |
| 8Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you. | 8Don't rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. |
| 9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning. | 9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will learn more." |
| 10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. | 10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. |
| 11For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life. | 11For by Wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life. |
| 12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it. | 12If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit; if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences." |
| 13The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing. | 13The woman Folly is rowdy; she is gullible and knows nothing. |
| 14She sits at the door of her house; she takes a seat on the highest places of the town, | 14She sits by the doorway of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city, |
| 15calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way, | 15calling to those who pass by, who go straight ahead on their paths:" |
| 16“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” And to him who lacks sense she says, | 16Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!" To the one who lacks sense, she says," |
| 17“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.” | 17Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten secretly is tasty!" |
| 18But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. | 18But he doesn't know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. |
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