| International Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out her seven pillars. | 1Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars. |
| 2She has prepared her food, she has spiced her wine, and she also has set her dining table. | 2She has prepared her meat; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table. |
| 3She has sent out her young women, while calling out from the heights of the city, | 3She has sent out her female servants; she calls out from the highest points of the city:" |
| 4"Let whoever is naïve, turn in here." To anyone lacking sense, she says, | 4Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!" To the one who lacks sense, she says," |
| 5"Come! Eat my food, and drink the wine that I have mixed. | 5Come, eat my bread, and drink the wine I have mixed. |
| 6Leave your naïve ways, and live. Walk in the path of understanding." | 6Leave inexperience behind, and you will live; pursue the way of understanding. |
| 7Whoever corrects a mocker invites only insult, and whoever rebukes the wicked will himself become stained. | 7The one who corrects a mocker will bring dishonor on himself; the one who rebukes a wicked man will get hurt. |
| 8Don't rebuke a mocker or he will hate you. Rebuke a wise person, and he will love you. | 8Don't rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. |
| 9Counsel a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will add to his 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 where wisdom begins, and knowing holiness demonstrates understanding. | 10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. |
| 11For because of me you will live a long life, 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, your wisdom will assist you. If you mock, you alone will be held responsible. | 12If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit; if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences." |
| 13The foolish woman is loud, undisciplined, and without knowledge. | 13The woman Folly is rowdy; she is gullible and knows nothing. |
| 14She sits at the entrance of her house, on a seat high above the city. | 14She sits by the doorway of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city, |
| 15She calls out to those passing by on the road, who are minding their own business, | 15calling to those who pass by, who go straight ahead on their paths:" |
| 16"Whoever is naïve, turn in here!" And to anyone lacking sense, she says, | 16Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!" To the one who lacks sense, she says," |
| 17"Stolen waters are sweet, and food eaten in secret is delicious." | 17Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten secretly is tasty!" |
| 18But he does not realize that the dead lurk there, and her invited guests wind up 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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