| NET Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out its seven pillars. | 1Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars. |
| 2She has prepared her meat, she has mixed her wine; she also has arranged her table. | 2She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table. |
| 3She has sent out her female servants; she calls out on the highest places of the city. | 3She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town, |
| 4"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here," she says to those who lack understanding. | 4“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” To him who lacks sense she says, |
| 5"Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed. | 5“Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed. |
| 6Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding." | 6Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight.” |
| 7Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse. | 7Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury. |
| 8Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you. | 8Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you. |
| 9Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning. | 9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning. |
| 10The beginning of wisdom is to fear the LORD, and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding. | 10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. |
| 11For because of me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life. | 11For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life. |
| 12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you are a mocker, you alone must bear it. | 12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it. |
| 13The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything. | 13The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing. |
| 14So she sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city, | 14She sits at the door of her house; she takes a seat on the highest places of the town, |
| 15calling out to those who are passing by her in the way, who go straight on their way. | 15calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way, |
| 16"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here," she says to those who lack understanding. | 16“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” And to him who lacks sense she says, |
| 17"Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!" | 17“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.” |
| 18But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave. | 18But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. |
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