| International Standard Version | King James Bible |
| 1Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out her seven pillars. | 1Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: |
| 2She has prepared her food, she has spiced her wine, and she also has set her dining table. | 2She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. |
| 3She has sent out her young women, while calling out from the heights of the city, | 3She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, |
| 4"Let whoever is naïve, turn in here." To anyone lacking sense, she says, | 4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, |
| 5"Come! Eat my food, and drink the wine that I have mixed. | 5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. |
| 6Leave your naïve ways, and live. Walk in the path of understanding." | 6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. |
| 7Whoever corrects a mocker invites only insult, and whoever rebukes the wicked will himself become stained. | 7He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. |
| 8Don't rebuke a mocker or he will hate you. Rebuke a wise person, and he will love you. | 8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. |
| 9Counsel a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will add to his learning. | 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 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 is understanding. |
| 11For because of me you will live a long life, and years will be added to your life. | 11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased. |
| 12If you are wise, your wisdom will assist you. If you mock, you alone will be held responsible. | 12If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. |
| 13The foolish woman is loud, undisciplined, and without knowledge. | 13A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. |
| 14She sits at the entrance of her house, on a seat high above the city. | 14For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, |
| 15She calls out to those passing by on the road, who are minding their own business, | 15To call passengers who go right on their ways: |
| 16"Whoever is naïve, turn in here!" And to anyone lacking sense, she says, | 16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, |
| 17"Stolen waters are sweet, and food eaten in secret is delicious." | 17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. |
| 18But he does not realize that the dead lurk there, and her invited guests wind up in the depths of Sheol. | 18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. |
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